Microsoft-backed French AI firm Mistral has unveiled Codestral, the first generative AI model designed only for coding.
The AI firm disclosed the product launch on its official page seen by Newsng on Thursday
Codestral-22B is an open-weight generative AI model that supports a wide variety of programming languages.
The model’s broad language support makes it a flexible tool for a variety of development environments, supporting languages ranging from commonly used ones like Python and Java to more specialised ones like Swift and Fortran.
According to the firm, Codestral reduces the possibility of mistakes by helping developers finish coding functions, creating tests, and filling in unfinished code.
Although Mistral calls the model “open,” that is debatable, as per some experts.
Newsng gathered that the startup’s licence forbids using Codestral or any of its outputs for any kind of business endeavour.
A portion is set up for “development,” yet even it has limitations: “Any internal usage by employees in the context of the company’s business activities” is expressly forbidden under the licence.
An expert reviewer said that in comparison to earlier models, Codestral, a 22B model, raises the bar for code-generating performance and latency.
Extensive benchmarks demonstrate its advantages, particularly in RepoBench, where its 32k context window is greater than rivals’ windows.
Its efficiency is demonstrated by how effectively it functions in many coding scenarios, which makes it stand out in assessments spanning Python and SQL.
We earlier reported that the startup has been in talks with investors to raise several hundred million dollars at a $5 billion value.