Microsoft and Mistral AI expand partnership with multi-billion dollar European AI infrastructure agreement, deploying thousands of NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs across Mistral-built capacity.

Microsoft and French AI startup Mistral AI announced on July 21 an expansion of their strategic partnership, reaching a multi-billion-dollar agreement on European AI infrastructure to enhance AI computing capacity across the region. Under the agreement, Microsoft will leverage Mistral's expanded European GPU infrastructure to support its cloud computing and AI services. The infrastructure will be built on thousands of NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs.

On the product side, Mistral Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 models are now integrated into the Microsoft Foundry platform, with Mistral Medium 3.5 also added to Microsoft Copilot Studio for use in agentic applications, document processing workflows, and industry-specific customized workflows. Additionally, the two companies will expand AI deployment options through Azure and Azure Local, supporting cloud, cloud-connected, and fully offline environments. This targets industries including finance, healthcare, and manufacturing that face strict data compliance requirements.