In-region inference, open models, and new European infrastructure for sovereign AI

UpdateAug 11, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Mistral is bringing together the inference infrastructure, open models, and long-term commitments Europe needs to control its AI future, and setting a roadmap for the world.

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Introducing Shieldstral

Shieldstral introduces a 3B open-weights multimodal safety classifier that outperforms models up to 7x its size.

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Mistral AI Studio and APIAug 20, 2026

Agentic Search. More accurate and efficient results from your AI systems

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Mistral AI Studio and APIAug 31, 2026

Mistral OCR 4.1 (mistral-ocr-4-1) generally available

OCR 4.1 (mistral-ocr-4-1) is now Generally Available.

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Mistral AI Studio and APIJul 16, 2026

Mistral OCR 4.1 (mistral-ocr-4-1) released

Mistral released OCR 4.1 (mistral-ocr-4-1). The mistral-ocr-latest and mistral-ocr-4 aliases now point to it.

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Mistral AI Studio and APIJul 16, 2026

OCR API confidence_scores_granularity adds block granularity

The OCR API confidence_scores_granularity parameter now supports "block", returning page-level and block-level scores, alongside "page" and "word" options.

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Mistral AI Studio and APIJul 9, 2026

Your Prompts and Skills need a system of record

Studio provides a system of record for AI prompts and skills, versioned, owned, and traceable. Iterate fast, ship with control, and ensure consistent AI behavior.

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Mistral AI Studio and APIJul 8, 2026

Introducing Robostral Navigate

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Mistral AI Studio and APISep 16, 2026

Mistral and Mozilla are bringing open, private and multilingual AI to your web browser

Open, private and multilingual AI is coming to your web browser. Mistral and Mozilla team up to put powerful, trustworthy AI where you already browse.

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Google Cloud BigQueryAug 11, 2026

Query templates for data clean rooms are generally available (GA)

Query templates for data clean rooms are generally available (GA). Query templates allow data clean room owners and publishers to share predefined queries without exposing the underlying tables and views. Additionally, table parameters in table-valued functions (TVFs) are generally available (GA).

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Databricks Databricks SQLAug 11, 2026

Databricks SQL version 2026.32 is now available in Preview

Databricks SQL version 2026.32 is now available in the Preview channel. Review the following section to learn about new features and improvements. Validate VARIANT values with is_valid_variant The is_valid_variant function returns true when its input is a well-formed VARIANT value and false otherwise.

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Databricks Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIAug 11, 2026

ABAC GRANT policies now cover Unity Gateway resource types (Beta)

Attribute-based access control (ABAC) GRANT policies dynamically grant Unity Catalog privileges to securables whose governed tags match a condition. They now support model services, model provider services, Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, and agent services, which are the resource types Unity Gateway governs.

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Databricks LakeflowAug 11, 2026

REPLACE USING flows for standalone streaming tables (Beta)

REPLACE USING flows are now available for standalone streaming tables in Beta . Use a REPLACE USING flow when your source is a series of partial snapshots keyed by column. On each update, the flow replaces all rows that match the specified key columns and leaves all other rows unchanged.

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Databricks Unity CatalogAug 11, 2026

Unity Catalog ABAC GRANT policies support more securable types in Beta

ABAC GRANT policies dynamically grant Unity Catalog privileges to securables whose governed tags match a condition. These policies were previously only available for models, but now also support model services, model provider services, Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, and agent services. All supported types are in Beta.

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Google Cloud Gemini EnterpriseAug 11, 2026

Gemini Enterprise: New data stores and support for new actions (Public Preview)

The following data stores are available in Public Preview in Gemini Enterprise: Cisco Workspaces Fibery Gong Guru Hex LegalZoom Mercury Miro Ramp Solve Intelligence Vanta Webex Meetings You can search and read data from these data stores using natural language.

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