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title: "\"Disappointed by the quality of Mistral\": German search engine Ecosia drops the French AI solution — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
description: "Ecosia is replacing Mistral's models with Chinese models for its artificial intelligence features."
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Announcement · 8 October 2026

# "Disappointed by the quality of Mistral": German search engine Ecosia drops the French AI solution

Original title, in French: “"Déçu par la qualité de Mistral", le moteur de recherche vert et allemand Ecosia abandonne la solution d'IA...”

**Publication**

BFM Business (France)

**Author**

Sylvain Trinel

**Published on**

8 October 2026 · read in the page structured data

## Summary

German search engine and browser Ecosia has announced that it is dropping the models of French start-up Mistral for its artificial intelligence features. Ecosia justifies the decision by citing Mistral's delays, and is choosing Chinese models instead.

Summary based on the article's title and standfirst, as the text is not accessible.

[Read the article on BFM Business →](https://www.bfmtv.com/tech/intelligence-artificielle/decu-par-la-qualite-de-mistral-le-moteur-de-recherche-vert-et-allemand-ecosia-abandonne-la-solution-d-ia-francaise-au-profit-de-modeles-chinois_AV-202610080819.html)

## Classification

**Country**

Germany, France, China

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms

**Companies**

Ecosia (deploys AI), Mistral AI (supplier)

**Keywords**

mistral ai, ecosia, chinese ai models, search engine, ai provider

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to BFM Business and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.