REDMOND, Wash., and PARIS — July 21, 2026 — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Mistral on Tuesday announced a significant expansion of their strategic partnership to help enterprises and regulated industries adopt frontier AI with greater choice, control and operational consistency. The companies are bringing Mistral’s frontier and efficient models across the Microsoft platform, including Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio and Azure, so customers can build and run AI across a spectrum of operating environments, from cloud-scale deployments to customer-controlled and fully disconnected operations.
Key elements of the expansion:
- Scaling Europe’s AI compute capacity: Microsoft and Mistral are announcing a new agreement to expand AI infrastructure in Europe. Microsoft will leverage Mistral’s expanded Europe-based GPU infrastructure to increase capacity for AI development and to support the delivery of MSFT’s cloud and AI services. This represents a multibillion dollar commitment from Microsoft. Mistral is adding GPU capacity drawing on thousands of the latest NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs.
- Integrating Mistral models into Microsoft enterprise products: Mistral Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 are now available in Microsoft Foundry, and Mistral Medium 3.5 is now in Microsoft Copilot Studio.
- Giving enterprises greater control over AI at scale: Azure enables organizations to deploy Mistral models across cloud, cloud-connected and fully disconnected environments, while maintaining control over data, operations and business continuity.
“Europe should have access to the world’s most capable AI without compromising control over their data, operations or digital future,” said Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft. “By bringing Mistral’s frontier European models into our sovereign cloud portfolio and enabling them across public cloud, cloud-connected and fully disconnected environments, we are honoring the European Digital Commitments we made and giving customers a trusted foundation for AI they can operate on their own terms.”
“Our mission has always been to put frontier AI in the hands of every organization while keeping them in control of their technology,” said Arthur Mensch, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mistral. “With Microsoft as our partner, our models reach enterprises and public institutions at global scale — delivered through a platform trusted for the most demanding, regulated workloads and available everywhere our customers operate.”
Organizations can develop AI applications using the same models, tools, APIs and workflows across Microsoft Foundry and Foundry Local. Azure and Azure Local support deployments across cloud, cloud-connected, and fully disconnected operating environments — relevant for financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and other regulated sectors.
As part of the expanded relationship, the companies are aligning on a joint go-to-market plan and will pursue enterprise opportunities together across Europe and globally, including funding PoCs, offering Azure credits, and leading workshops.