In the field of artificial intelligence, Mistral's recent release of AI assistant Le Chat has attracted widespread attention. Just two weeks after it went online, the app achieved remarkable achievements—the number of downloads exceeded 1 million. This achievement not only sparked a boom in France, its birthplace, but also quickly climbed to the top of the free app download list in the iOS app store.
French President Emmanuel Macron specifically mentioned Le Chat in a recent TV interview, and he encouraged the public to download the app developed by Mistral instead of choosing OpenAI's ChatGPT or other competing products. Obviously, Le Chat is not only technically competitive, but also has received support from senior national leaders, which undoubtedly provides support for its rapid growth in download volume.
Looking back, the rapid development of AI applications is not an isolated case. As early as November 2023, OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT also caused a huge response. Although it was limited to US iOS users in the early stage, it still received 500,000 downloads in just six days. So far, the total downloads of ChatGPT have exceeded 350 million times. In addition, the mobile app of AI company DeepSeek also recorded a million downloads in early 2024, and the app quickly became popular at the end of January, attracting millions of new users.
However, Mistral is not developing on a smooth road. Faced with fierce competition from large technology companies, Google and Microsoft have also launched their respective AI assistants - Google's Gemini and Microsoft's C opilot, striving to gain a place in this AI assistant competition. Obviously, market competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and the future pattern will become more complex.
Mistral's Le Chat demonstrates the potential of AI assistants in the market with its rapid user growth, policy support and competitive environment. In the future, we look forward to seeing more innovation and development in this field.