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Arthur Mensch
French entrepreneur and investor (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arthur Mensch (born 17 July 1992) is a French entrepreneur best known as the CEO and co-founder of Paris-based Mistral AI.
Early life and education
Born in Sèvres on 17 July 1992, Arthur Mensch is the son of a businessman father and a mother who taught physics.[1][2] He grew up in the Hauts-de-Seine department in France. After studying engineering at the École Polytechnique and Télécom Paris, he obtained a PhD at the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation and the Paris-Saclay University.[3]
Career
Arthur Mensch worked for three years at DeepMind, Google's artificial intelligence laboratory.[4]
He then founded Mistral AI with two school friends, Guillaume Lample and Timothée Lacroix, who were formerly researchers at Meta Platforms.[5]
Named after the Mediterranean wind known for its speed and persistence, Mistral AI specializes in generative artificial intelligence and aims to compete with American achievements, notably with Le Chat, a conversational robot comparable to ChatGPT and China's DeepSeek.[6]
In 2024, he was the only Frenchman to make Time magazine's 100 list of the world's most promising innovators.[7]
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Honours
- Knight of the National Order of Merit (appointed on 15 May 2025)[8]
References
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