Company Domains
Mistral.ai Was Registered in 2019. Mistral AI Didn't Exist Until 2023.
mistral.ai is 4 years older than the company that uses it, and the Internet Archive has the site on record from 2022.
Key takeaways
- mistral.ai was first registered on 15 May 2019 and its registration runs until 15 May 2029.
- Mistral AI was founded in 2023, 4 years after the domain was registered.
- The Internet Archive’s earliest saved copy of the site is from 24 March 2022.
- Crunchbase lists about $7B of total equity funding, which is money raised, not valuation.
The registry has mistral.ai created on 15 May 2019. Mistral AI was founded in 2023. Its founders are Timothée Lacroix, Arthur Mensch and Guillaume Lample. The domain is 4 years older than the company that now uses it.
Crunchbase lists Mistral AI’s total equity funding at about $7B. That is money raised, not valuation, and the figure is rounded. That puts Mistral AI at number 16 of the 1,856 companies in the list used for this series.
The company at a glance
| Founded | 2023 |
| Founders | Timothée Lacroix, Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Total equity funding | $7B raised, not valuation (Crunchbase, rounded) |
The domain at a glance
| Extension | .ai |
| Name length | seven letters |
| First registered | 15 May 2019 |
| Age | 7 years |
| Registered until | 15 May 2029 |
| First archived | 24 March 2022 (Internet Archive) |
| Registrar | Cloudflare, Inc |
| Locked | Yes, against transfer |
| DNS | Cloudflare |
| Google Workspace | |
| Other extensions | mistral.com loads its own site; mistral.co.uk does not respond; mistral.io redirects to www.brandbucket.com; mistral.net does not respond; mistral.org does not respond |
What the registry records
The registry gives mistral.ai a creation date of 15 May 2019 and a registration that runs until 15 May 2029. The registrar is Cloudflare, Inc, and the domain carries registry locks against transfer.
The current registration of mistral.ai is 7 years old. 141 of the 1,912 companies in the Crunchbase list use a .ai address.
A registry creation date is the start of the current registration, not a sale date, and the record does not name earlier holders.
The site before the company
The Internet Archive’s earliest saved copy of mistral.ai is from 24 March 2022 and is titled “The domain name mistral.ai is for sale”. In total it holds copies from 42 separate months.
An archived page title shows what a site called itself, not who ran it.
How the name is used now
mistral.io redirects to www.brandbucket.com. mistral.com loads its own site, and who runs it has not been checked. mistral.co.uk, mistral.net and mistral.org resolve but returned no page. The DNS is hosted on Cloudflare and email runs on Google Workspace.
The company behind the name
Mistral AI is headquartered in Paris.
What was paid
No verified public record was found of what Mistral AI paid for mistral.ai, so no price is given.
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Sources
Registry data checked 23 October 2026. Funding is from the Crunchbase Unicorn Board, which rounds its figures.
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Frequently asked questions
When was mistral.ai registered?
mistral.ai was first registered on 15 May 2019, according to the .ai registry record. The registration runs until 15 May 2029.
How much did Mistral AI pay for mistral.ai?
No verified public record was found of what Mistral AI paid for mistral.ai, so no price is given.
Who founded Mistral AI?
Mistral AI was founded in 2023 by Timothée Lacroix, Arthur Mensch and Guillaume Lample.
