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title: "TotalEnergies bets €100 million on Mistral's AI to search for oil — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
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Announcement · 15 September 2026

# TotalEnergies bets €100 million on Mistral's AI to search for oil

Original title, in French: “TotalEnergies mise 100 millions d’euros sur l’IA de Mistral pour chercher du pétrole”

**Publication**

Alliancy (France)

**Author**

Fiona Slous

**Published on**

15 September 2026 · read in the page structured data

## Summary

TotalEnergies and Mistral AI announced on 15 September an investment of more than €100 million over three years in a partnership to develop AI models dedicated to oil and gas exploration and reservoir engineering. The two groups are setting up a joint scientific laboratory in France, with TotalEnergies providing access to its subsurface data and nearly a century of geoscience expertise. According to Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, exploration and reservoir engineering are among the areas where AI can create the most value. Arthur Mensch, CEO of Mistral, highlights the ability of its models to support complex industrial processes. TotalEnergies is aiming for operational gains for its geoscientists and the optimisation of existing projects.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on Alliancy →](https://alliancy.fr/totalenergies-mise-100-millions-deuros-sur-lia-de-mistral-pour-chercher-du-petrole-d061b014-2afa-444e-be65-9d594bddb7f5)

## Figures cited

-   100 million EUR
    
    TotalEnergies and Mistral AI investment in the AI partnership
    
    over three years
    
    > « TotalEnergies a annoncé, le 15 septembre, un investissement de plus de 100 millions d’euros sur trois ans dans un partenariat avec l’entreprise française. »
    

## Classification

**Country**

France

**Company size**

Large companies

**Industries**

Energy, utilities, environment · Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms

**Companies**

TotalEnergies (deploys AI), Mistral AI (supplier)

**Keywords**

oil exploration, industrial artificial intelligence, mistral ai, geosciences, reservoir engineering

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 Alliancy and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.