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Mistral is primarily interested in Pimento's engineering talent, who will join the team behind Vibe (formerly Le Chat), its conversational assistant. Pimento's advertising software, used by over 180 brands, has an uncertain future post-acquisition. This follows Mistral's earlier 2026 acquisitions of Koyeb (serverless cloud infrastructure) and Emmi AI (industrial physics simulation), and comes shortly after Mistral's €3 billion Series D round led by Samsung Electronics, valuing the company at over €21 billion. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much did Mistral pay to acquire Pimento? Two different figures have been reported. L'Informé says Mistral would pay about €3.8 million, while Sifted reported the deal is worth €12.7 million in cash and shares based on reviewed documents. Mistral has only confirmed a price of 'several million euros' to AFP, and neither figure has been independently verified. _Follow daily.dev for updates on how AI labs are consolidating talent through acquisitions._ ### Why did Mistral AI acquire the advertising startup Pimento? Mistral is mainly interested in Pimento's engineering talent rather than its advertising business or customer base. Pimento's staff, including co-founder Florent Facq, will join Mistral's engineering and product teams to work on Vibe, Mistral's conversational assistant formerly known as Le Chat, improving its user experience. _Track how AI companies like Mistral acquihire teams by following daily.dev's AI industry coverage._ ### What other companies has Mistral AI acquired in 2026? Pimento is Mistral's third acquisition in 2026, following Koyeb, a Paris-based serverless cloud platform bought in February to strengthen Mistral Compute infrastructure, and Emmi AI, an Austrian startup building physics simulation models for industrial engineering, acquired in May with a team of over 30 people joining Mistral's science and applied AI groups. _Developers evaluating AI vendors can follow daily.dev to track Mistral's expanding acquisition strategy._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What is Mistral AI? 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