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Mistral AI’s new coding assistant takes direct aim at GitHub Copilot


Mistral AI launches enterprise coding assistant with on-premise deployment to challenge GitHub Copilot, targeting corporate developers with data sovereignty and AI model customization.

Mistral AI unveiled a comprehensive enterprise coding assistant Wednesday, marking the French artificial intelligence company’s most aggressive push yet into the corporate software development market dominated by Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot and other Silicon Valley rivals. The new product, called Mistral Code, bundles the company’s latest AI models with integrated development environment plugins and on-premise deployment options specifically designed for large enterprises with strict security requirements. Mistral surveyed vice presidents of engineering, platform leads, and chief information security officers to identify four recurring barriers: limited connectivity to proprietary repositories, minimal model customization, shallow task coverage for complex workflows, and fragmented service-level agreements across multiple vendors.

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