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Le Chonk: Built for Coders, Trusted by Defenders.

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Mistral released the open weights for Mistral Large 4, nicknamed 'Le Chonk,' a trillion-parameter model it says beats open rivals at coding.

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Mistral released the open weights of Mistral Large 4, nicknamed Le Chonk, a 1-trillion-parameter multimodal model it describes as the best open-weight model for coding, trained in Europe.

Why it matters: It makes a trillion-parameter multimodal model freely available as open weights, which Mistral says is the strongest open-weight option for coding.

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Mistral releases open weights for its trillion-parameter 'Le Chonk' model

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“The weights of Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) are now open. A 1T parameter multimodal model, and best open-weight model for coding, trained in Europe.”
Mistral AI News, 29 Oct 2026, 12:00.

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