The next big trend in AI providers appears to be “studio” environments on the web that allow users to spin up agents and AI applications within minutes. Case in point, today the well-funded French AI startup Mistral launched its own Mistral AI Studio, a new production platform designed to help enterprises build, observe, and operationalize AI applications at scale atop Mistral’s growing family of proprietary and open source large language models (LLMs) and multimodal models.It’s an evolution of its legacy API and AI building platorm, “Le Platforme,” initially launched in late 2023, and that brand name is being retired for now. The move comes just days after U.S. rival Google updated its AI Studio, also launched in late 2023, to be easier for non-developers to use and build and deploy apps with natural language, aka “vibe coding.”But while Google’s update appears to target novices who want to tinker around, Mistral appears more fully focused on building an easy-to-use enterprise AI app development and launchpad, which may require some technical knowledge or familiarity with LLMs, but far less than that of a seasoned developer. In other words, those outside the tech team at your enterprise could potentially use this to build and test simple apps, tools, and workflows — all powered by E.U.-native AI models operating on E.U.-based infrastructure. That may be a welcome change for companies concerned about the political situation in the U.S., or who have large operations in Europe and prefer to give their business to homegrown alternatives to U.S. and Chinese tech giants.In addition, Mistral AI Studio appears to offer an easier way for users to customize and fine-tune AI models for use at specific tasks.Branded as “The Production AI Platform,” Mistral’s AI Stu …
