How popular is Mistral AI among developers?

Mistral AI has 20.1M combined package downloads per month (6.7M npm for @mistralai/mistralai, 13.4M PyPI for mistralai), 10.7K GitHub stars, ranked #31 on the AI-Buzz Developer Momentum Index. Metrics are updated daily from npm, PyPI, and GitHub.

What is Mistral AI's developer sentiment?

Mistral AI has a negative developer sentiment on Hacker News, with 0% positive mentions across 19 analyzed comments (moderate confidence). Sentiment is derived from AI-Buzz's automated analysis of Hacker News discussions.

How much funding has Mistral AI raised?

Mistral AI has raised $1.2B across 3 funding rounds. The most recent was a Series B.

What is Mistral AI's Developer Momentum Index score?

Mistral AI has a Developer Momentum Index (DMI) score of 19/100, ranking it #31 among all AI companies tracked by AI-Buzz. The DMI is a composite score combining developer adoption (package downloads), community signals (Hacker News mentions and sentiment), GitHub activity, and search demand.

Mistral AI

Data confidence: High

French AI lab building open-weight foundation models.

Founded by: Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample, Timothée Lacroix

DMI: 19#31 of 262 (Top 12%)HN 30d: 233

10,697 · 1,021 forks

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Mistral AI has a Developer Momentum Index of 19, ranking #31 of 262 companies. Key metrics include 20.1M monthly package downloads, 10.7K GitHub stars, $1.2B in total funding.

Developer Adoption

Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window

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npm Downloads (30d)

6.7M

@mistralai/mistralai

PyPI Downloads (30d)

13.4M

mistralai

Total Downloads (30d)

20.1M

npm + PyPI combined

Active Contributors (30d)

Unique committers, 30-day window

npm Dependents

224

Packages using @mistralai/mistralai

Active Contributors Trend

90-day trend

github contributors remained stable at 1 over the last 90 days.

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Date	github contributors
Mar 5, 2026	1
Mar 6, 2026	1

npm Dependents Trend

Trend data not yet available

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npm Download Trend

90-day trend

npm Downloads remained stable at 6,689,288 over the last 90 days.

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Date	npm downloads
Mar 5, 2026	6,689,288
Mar 6, 2026	6,689,288

PyPI Download Trend

90-day trend

PyPI Downloads grew from 13,313,550 to 13,379,757 over the last 90 days.

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Date	pypi downloads
Mar 5, 2026	13,313,550
Mar 6, 2026	13,379,757

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Key Signals

Developer Community Metrics

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Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.

HN Discussion Rank#9 in Foundation Models by HN mentions (out of 33 tracked)

HN vs Category13.7x category median (233 vs 17 median)

GitHub VelocityCommit velocity paused (0.0x vs 4-week average)

Funding Trajectory3 rounds in 12 months, accelerating, ($113M → $415M → $640M)

Community Sentiment0% positive HN sentiment (19 comments) • Moderate confidence

Category Benchmark

33 Foundation Models companies

20.1M downloads/mo1383% above median

0Median: 1.4M2.7M+

30-Day Trends

npm Downloads

90-day trend

npm Downloads remained stable at 6,689,288 over the last 90 days.

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Date	npm downloads
Mar 5, 2026	6,689,288
Mar 6, 2026	6,689,288

PyPI Downloads

90-day trend

PyPI Downloads grew from 13,313,550 to 13,379,757 over the last 90 days.

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Date	pypi downloads
Mar 5, 2026	13,313,550
Mar 6, 2026	13,379,757

GitHub Stars

90-day trend

GitHub Stars grew from 10,662 to 10,697 over the last 90 days.

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Date	github stars
Feb 1, 2026	10,662
Feb 2, 2026	10,662
Feb 7, 2026	10,670
Feb 8, 2026	10,668
Feb 9, 2026	10,670
Feb 10, 2026	10,671
Feb 12, 2026	10,677
Feb 13, 2026	10,677
Feb 14, 2026	10,679
Feb 15, 2026	10,681
Feb 16, 2026	10,680
Feb 17, 2026	10,684
Feb 19, 2026	10,684
Feb 21, 2026	10,687
Feb 22, 2026	10,688
Feb 23, 2026	10,690
Feb 24, 2026	10,691
Feb 25, 2026	10,691
Feb 26, 2026	10,695
Feb 27, 2026	10,697
Feb 28, 2026	10,697

HN Mentions

90-day trend↑ +5.0%

HN Mentions grew from 20 to 21 (+5.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	hn mentions
Jan 6, 2026	20
Jan 9, 2026	21
Jan 10, 2026	21
Jan 15, 2026	22
Jan 16, 2026	21
Jan 17, 2026	20
Jan 18, 2026	22
Jan 20, 2026	26
Jan 21, 2026	26
Jan 22, 2026	191
Jan 23, 2026	192
Jan 24, 2026	197
Jan 25, 2026	202
Jan 27, 2026	204
Jan 29, 2026	222
Jan 30, 2026	223
Jan 31, 2026	225
Feb 1, 2026	225
Feb 2, 2026	226
Feb 3, 2026	240
Feb 4, 2026	238
Feb 5, 2026	21

Funding Rounds

Series B$640M

2024 · Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz

Series A$415M

2023 · Andreessen Horowitz

Seed$113M

2023 · Lightspeed Venture Partners

Investors

Andreessen Horowitz Lightspeed Venture Partners

Cite This Data

According to AI-Buzz, Mistral AI has 6,689,288 npm downloads in 30 days, with 13,379,757 PyPI downloads in 30 days, with 1 active contributors in 30 days, with 224 npm dependent packages, ranks #9 in Foundation Models for HN discussion share (out of 33 tracked with 3.6% of HN discussion), with 0% positive developer sentiment (19 HN comments analyzed).

Source: https://www.ai-buzz.com/companies/mistral-ai?utm_source=citation&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cite_this_data

Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →

About

Description

French AI lab building open-weight foundation models.

Estimated Company Size

51 - 100 employees

Website

mistral.ai

Details

Founded

2023

Description

Mistral AI builds powerful open-weight models. Mixtral 8x7B rivals GPT-3.5. Founded by ex-DeepMind and Meta researchers. Raised $415M Series A at $2B valuation.

Developer Signals

How we calculate →

Community engagement metrics that indicate developer traction and interest.

Hacker News Mentions(30 days)

Mentions in HN discussions. Source: Hacker News Algolia API.

233current

↑13.7x category median

90-day trend↑ +110.0%

HN Mentions grew from 10 to 21 (+110.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	hn mentions
Apr 7, 2025	10
May 7, 2025	25
Jun 6, 2025	16
Jul 6, 2025	21
Aug 5, 2025	21
Sep 4, 2025	19
Oct 4, 2025	5
Nov 3, 2025	6
Dec 3, 2025	16
Jan 2, 2026	20
Feb 1, 2026	21

Community Sentiment(19 comments analyzed)Moderate confidence

Sentiment analysis of Hacker News comments only. Does not include Reddit, Discord, or other platforms.

0% positive

365-day trend

No HN Sentiment (Positive) data recorded in this period.

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Date	hn sentiment positive
Feb 1, 2026	0

GitHub Stars(total)

Total stars indicate project popularity and developer adoption.

10,697current

→1.2x category median

90-day trend

GitHub Stars grew from 10,662 to 10,697 over the last 90 days.

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Date	github stars
Jan 31, 2026	10,662
Feb 7, 2026	10,671
Feb 14, 2026	10,684
Feb 21, 2026	10,691
Feb 28, 2026	10,697

GitHub Forks

Forks indicate active developer engagement and contribution interest.

1,021

Hugging Face Downloads(total)

Model downloads from Hugging Face indicate ML/AI model adoption and research impact.

11,132,240across 66 models

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Recent News

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Products & Tools

Mistral Large API

Access to Mistral AI's most advanced large language model for complex tasks.

Mistral Small API

Access to Mistral AI's optimized model for high-performance and low-latency applications.

Mixtral 8x7B API

Access to Mistral AI's popular sparse mixture-of-experts model, known for its efficiency and capabilities.

Le Chat

A conversational AI assistant powered by Mistral AI's models, available in beta.

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Data Confidence

Excellent

91/ 100

Reflects profile completeness, metric freshness, and signal coverage.

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Open Source

10.7K

Stars

1.0K

Forks

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Last commit: 9 days ago

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