Llama isn’t the only open-source AI model on the block. Paris-based Mistral, the maker of several powerful AI models, is making it easier for developers to access its offerings with a new free tier and cost reductions on API access.

Mistral has struck an interesting balance by keeping some of its models open-source and publicly available while reserving its larger, more powerful models for licensing agreements or API access.

From what I’ve gathered, Mistral’s licensing agreements are also less rigid than Meta’s, as they don’t require developers to explicitly state that the products they build are powered by Llama.

Mistral launches a free tier for developers to test its AI models | TechCrunch

Mistral AI launched a new free tier to let developers fine-tune and build test apps with the startup’s AI models, the company announced in a blog post