A Trillion-Parameter AI for $1.36? Mistral's Le Chonk, Explained | Tech Arcade Podcast

Mistral has launched a public preview of Mistral Large 4, nicknamed Le Chonk: a model with about a trillion parameters, listed at $1.36 per million input tokens. We explain how a mixture-of-experts design keeps it cheap, and why independent scores are less flattering than Mistral's own. Then: Multiply Labs raised $75 million for robots that make cell therapies, and we look at where its 74% cost-saving claim actually comes from.

Full story: https://www.techarcade.io/mistral-s-le-chonk-packs-a-trillion-parameters-and-only-wakes-49-billion-of-them-up/

Full story: https://www.techarcade.io/a-robot-arm-now-builds-cancer-cures-74-cheaper-and-multiply-labs-just-raised-75-million-to/

Sources

Mistral announcement: https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-large-4/

Kingy AI analysis: https://kingy.ai/blog/mistral-large-4-specs-benchmarks-pricing/

Vals Index: https://www.vals.ai/benchmarks/vals_index

Multiply Labs press release: https://www.multiplylabs.com/press/series-b-2026

Let's Data Science: https://letsdatascience.com/news/multiply-labs-raises-75m-series-b-for-drug-manufacturing-rob-8811b172

Today's Medical Developments: https://www.todaysmedicaldevelopments.com/news/multiply-labs-drives-staggering-74-percent-cost-reduction-unlocking-global-patient-access

Note: Mistral gives 52 billion active parameters; Kingy AI counts 49 billion in the experts alone, 52 billion with embeddings and output layers.

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