I actually use Mistral Large to go through some large text chunks (in production). It gives about the same level of results as Sonnet, while being 90% cheaper. Definitely wouldn't use it for coding, but for this text-analyzing task it has been great. Much better than all the latest Chinese models, for example.

So I was waiting for this release and it's... 5x more expensive than the latest Mistral Large. So now I'm worried they'll pull the plug on the cheap Large when their releases roll over to that one.

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zozbot234 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Why does this matter if the model is open? It can be offered by competitive third-party providers, there's no rug pull.

	▲	hulk-konen 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Right now it's really not offered by third parties. I found it via a single provider (BitDeer). I'm not sure I'd trust them with my customers' data. Also, considering the model is getting a bit old, I wouldn't expect them to keep offering it forever. Anyhow, competition is fierce. I'll have some model I can use in the future, even if it's not dirt cheap like current Mistral Large is.