Samsung Electronics announced a strategic partnership with Mistral AI during the South Korea-France state summit in Paris to enhance semiconductor engineering and manufacturing capabilities. Under the agreement, Samsung will integrate Mistral's AI services—including its flagship large language model, Mistral Large—across its semiconductor operations to develop customized on-premises AI models optimized for intelligence-driven infrastructure. Mistral's platform will transform how semiconductors are designed and manufactured, with on-premises solutions ensuring security and flexibility for processing sensitive operational data within Samsung's infrastructure. As semiconductor processes grow more complex, rapid data analysis in fabrication facilities becomes essential. Samsung aims to accelerate development cycles, manufacturing precision, and yield stabilization across advanced memory and logic chips by applying targeted AI models to defect detection and equipment optimization.

Young Hyun Jun, Vice Chairman & CEO of the Device Solutions (DS) Division at Samsung Electronics, stated that increasing complexities in AI chip design require continuous innovation. Arthur Mensch, co-founder and CEO of Mistral, said AI is reshaping how complex technologies are built from silicon to software. Samsung also led Mistral AI's Series D funding round, securing a strategic equity stake to support long-term technology collaboration, reflecting expanding cross-industry collaboration across the advanced chip ecosystem.