ASML, Mistral AI will participate in strategic partnerships
- Companies agree to long-term cooperation agreements to benefit ASML customers
- ASML leads Mistral AI Series C Funding Round Investment 1.3 billion EUR
On September 9, 2025, Veldhoven, Netherlands, today, leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML Holding NV (ASML) and France-based AI leader Mistral AI announced a strategic partnership based on a long-term collaboration agreement to investigate the use of AI models for ASML product portfrio and profits for ASML customers, ASML product portfrio and profits. Lithography system.
Additionally, ASML is investing 1.3 billion euros in the Mistral AI Series C funding round as Lead Investor to support development and strengthen the profits of its long-term partnerships. This will keep ASML a share of about 11% on a fully diluted base with Mistral AI.
“The collaboration between Mistral AI and ASML aims to generate clear benefits for ASML customers through the innovative products and solutions that AI enables, providing the possibility of collaborative research to address future opportunities.” “We believe this strategic partnership with Mistral AI, which goes beyond traditional vendor-client relationships, is the best way to capture this important opportunity. We also believe that this collaboration will increase value towards Mistral AI.”
“We are proud to be part of this long-term partnership with ASML, which combines the expertise of Frontier AI with ASML's unparalleled industrial leadership and the most sophisticated engineering capabilities. We believe this partnership will strengthen the proposition, position and value of Mistral AI in the AI market.” “Together, we will accelerate technological advancements across the global semiconductor and AI value chain.”
ASML believes that working with Mistral AI will enable both companies to innovate more quickly. This initial partnership between semiconductor equipment manufacturers and leading AI companies brings together their unique capabilities. ASML's key capabilities in ASML's Holistic Lithography Products and Services, as well as Mistral AI expertise.
ASML will win a seat on Mistral AI's Strategic Committee as part of its investment, and ASML will provide an advisory role in determining Mistral AI's future strategy and technology. Roger Dussen, Chief Financial Officer of ASML, will take on this role in addition to his existing responsibilities.
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About ASML
ASML is a leading supplier in the semiconductor industry. The company provides chip makers with hardware, software and services for mass-producing integrated circuits (microchip) patterns. Together with our partners, ASML is driving advances in more affordable, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips. With ASML, groundbreaking technology can solve some of the toughest challenges of humanity, including healthcare, energy use, conservation, mobility, and agriculture. ASML is a multinational company headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, with offices in EMEA, the US and Asia. Every day, more than 44,000 ASML employees (FTEs) challenge the status quo, pushing technology to new limits. ASML is traded on EuroNext Amsterdam and Nasdaq under the symbol ASML. Discover ASML (our products, technology and career opportunities) at www.asml.com.
About Mistral AI
Mistral AI is a pioneer in generative artificial intelligence, enhancing the world with tools to build and profit the most transformative technologies of our time. The company democratizes AI through end-to-end infrastructure with high performance, optimization, cutting-edge open-source models, products, solutions and mistral computing. Headquartered in France, independent Mistral AI has a strong global presence in the US, UK and Singapore, defending a decentralized, transparent approach to technology.
