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July 23, 2026
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Mistral wanted to beat Anthropic. Now it’s becoming Palantir
Data exclusively seen by Sifted shows the company has made a rapid internal pivot
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Freya Pratty and Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
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French AI darling Mistral is shifting its focus away from building cutting-edge frontier models, instead doubling down on helping enterprise customers deploy its technology, according to new data seen exclusively by Sifted.
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Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn
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