Obituaries · Mistral
mistral-small-2501, 2025–2025
Mistral model switched off after 10 months
Mistral has confirmed the retirement of mistral-small-2501, effective November 30, 2025, aged 10 months. It answered questions, wrote emails and was blamed for both. Calls to its ID are now expected to fail.
Its work passes to Mistral Small 4, which the family describes as 'recommended'.
| Model ID | mistral-small-2501 |
|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral deprecations page |
| Born | January 1, 2025 |
| Shut down | November 30, 2025 |
| Successor | Mistral Small 4 |
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