CI&T and Mistral reach strategic cooperation to promote enterprise AI deployment
Global AI deployment partner CI&T announced this week a multi-year strategic partnership with French open source AI modeling company Mistral. According to the agreement, CI&T will serve as Mistral's preferred partner in Latin America, providing customized solutions that meet local market needs. This collaboration aims to help enterprises adopt AI systems at lower costs and on a larger scale through an end-to-end private AI technology portfolio. The two parties will combine CI&T's experience in AI-driven transformation, application modernization and software development with Mistral's open-weighted large-scale language model technology to jointly reshape the software development life cycle and accelerate the implementation of AI in enterprises. Cesar Gon, CEO of CI&T, said that both parties share a common vision for AI. This cooperation can help customers achieve a higher level of innovation and strategic impact by integrating Mistral's technology in CI&T systems. Marjorie Janiewicz, Chief Revenue Officer of Mistral, emphasized that working with technology transformation leaders like CI&T will ensure that enterprises deploy AI in a safe and customized manner. Headquartered in France, Mistral is committed to democratizing AI through high-performance open source models. CI&T has more than 8,000 employees in 11 countries around the world and serves more than 100 large enterprise customers.