ASML, Mistral AI enter strategic partnership
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) has announced a strategic partnership with French AI leader Mistral AI, marking a significant collaboration in the semiconductor industry. The partnership includes ASML leading Mistral AI's Series C funding round with a 鈧�1.3 billion investment, securing approximately 11% ownership on a fully diluted basis.
The collaboration aims to integrate AI models across ASML's product portfolio, research, development, and operations, focusing on delivering faster time to market and enhanced performance for ASML's holistic lithography systems. As part of the agreement, ASML CFO Roger Dassen will join Mistral AI's Strategic Committee, providing advisory input on future strategy and technology decisions.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) ha annunciato una partnership strategica con la societ脿 francese specializzata in IA, Mistral AI, segnando una collaborazione di rilievo nel settore dei semiconduttori. L'accordo prevede che ASML guidi il round di finanziamento di Serie C di Mistral AI con un investimento di 鈧�1,3 miliardi, ottenendo circa l'11% di partecipazione su base totalmente diluita.
La collaborazione punta a integrare modelli di intelligenza artificiale nell'intera gamma di prodotti, nella ricerca, nello sviluppo e nelle operazioni di ASML, con l'obiettivo di accelerare il time-to-market e migliorare le prestazioni dei sistemi litografici complessivi. Come parte dell'intesa, il CFO di ASML, Roger Dassen, entrer脿 a far parte del Comitato Strategico di Mistral AI, offrendo consulenza sulle future scelte strategiche e tecnologiche.
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ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) a annonc茅 un partenariat strat茅gique avec le leader fran莽ais de l'IA, Mistral AI, marquant une collaboration importante dans l'industrie des semi鈥慶onducteurs. Le partenariat pr茅voit qu'ASML m猫ne le tour de financement de s茅rie C de Mistral AI avec un investissement de 1,3 milliard d'euros, obtenant environ 11 % de participation sur une base enti猫rement dilu茅e.
Cette collaboration vise 脿 int茅grer des mod猫les d'IA dans l'ensemble du portefeuille produits d'ASML, ainsi que dans la recherche, le d茅veloppement et les op茅rations, afin d'acc茅l茅rer le time鈥憈o鈥憁arket et d'am茅liorer les performances des syst猫mes de lithographie dans leur globalit茅. Dans le cadre de l'accord, le directeur financier d'ASML, Roger Dassen, rejoindra le Comit茅 strat茅gique de Mistral AI pour apporter son avis sur les futures orientations strat茅giques et technologiques.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) hat eine strategische Partnerschaft mit dem franz枚sischen KI鈥慥orreiter Mistral AI angek眉ndigt und damit eine bedeutende Zusammenarbeit in der Halbleiterbranche etabliert. Teil der Partnerschaft ist, dass ASML die Series鈥慍鈥慒inanzierungsrunde von Mistral AI mit einer Investition von 鈧�1,3 Milliarden anf眉hrt und damit auf voll verw盲sserter Basis etwa 11% Beteiligung sichert.
Ziel der Kooperation ist es, KI鈥慚odelle in ASMLs Produktportfolio sowie in Forschung, Entwicklung und Betrieb zu integrieren, um die Time鈥憈o鈥慚arket zu verk眉rzen und die Leistung der ganzheitlichen Lithographiesysteme zu steigern. Im Rahmen der Vereinbarung wird ASML鈥慍FO Roger Dassen dem Strategischen Ausschuss von Mistral AI beitreten und beratend zu k眉nftigen Strategie鈥� und Technologieentscheidungen beitragen.
- Strategic investment of 鈧�1.3 billion secures 11% ownership in Mistral AI
- Partnership aims to accelerate innovation in semiconductor technology through AI integration
- ASML gains strategic advisory role through seat on Mistral AI's Strategic Committee
- Collaboration expected to improve product development and time to market for customers
- Significant capital expenditure of 鈧�1.3 billion in early-stage AI company
- Integration risks between traditional semiconductor and emerging AI technologies
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ASML's 鈧�1.3B investment in Mistral AI creates a strategic AI partnership that could significantly enhance their lithography systems and customer offerings.
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This partnership goes well beyond a typical vendor relationship. The collaboration aims to integrate Mistral's AI models across ASML's product portfolio, potentially transforming how lithography systems are designed, operated, and optimized. The technical synergies could be substantial鈥擜I can help solve complex computational problems in lithography, from pattern recognition to process optimization and defect analysis.
For ASML customers (primarily leading-edge foundries and memory manufacturers), this could translate to measurable benefits: faster chip development cycles, improved yields, and more efficient use of these extremely expensive lithography systems. ASML's lithography machines, which can cost upwards of
The strategic committee seat secured by ASML CFO Roger Dassen gives the company influence in Mistral's future direction, ensuring the AI firm's development aligns with semiconductor industry needs. This first-of-its-kind partnership between a leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer and an AI company creates a virtuous feedback loop鈥擬istral gains deep domain expertise in the world's most advanced manufacturing process, while ASML enhances its technological capabilities with cutting-edge AI.
ASML, Mistral AI enter strategic partnership
- Companies agree on long-term collaboration deal to benefit ASML customers
- ASML to lead Mistral AI鈥檚 Series C funding round investing
鈧�1.3 billion
VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, September 9, 2025 鈥� 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 explore the use of AI models across ASML鈥檚 product portfolio as well as research, development and operations, to benefit ASML customers with faster time to market and higher performance holistic lithography systems.
In addition, ASML is investing 1.3 billion EUR in Mistral AI鈥檚 Series C funding round as lead investor, in order to support its development and reinforce the long-term partnership benefits. This results in ASML holding an approximately 11 percent share on a fully diluted basis in Mistral AI.鈥�
鈥淭he collaboration between Mistral AI and ASML aims to generate clear benefits for ASML customers through innovative products and solutions enabled by AI, and will offer potential for joint research to address future opportunities,鈥� said ASML President and Chief Executive Officer Christophe Fouquet. 鈥淲e believe that this strategic partnership with Mistral AI, which goes beyond a traditional vendor-client relationship, is the best way to capture this significant opportunity. We also believe that this collaboration is value enhancing to Mistral AI.鈥�
鈥淲e are proud to engage in this long-term partnership with ASML, combining our frontier AI expertise with ASML鈥檚 unmatched industrial leadership and most sophisticated engineering capabilities. We believe this partnership will strengthen Mistral AI鈥檚 proposition, position, and value in the AI market,鈥� said Mistral AI Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Arthur Mensch. 鈥淭ogether, we will accelerate technological progress across the global semi-conductor and AI value chain."
ASML believes that working with Mistral AI will allow both companies to innovate faster together. This first-of-its-kind partnership between a semiconductor equipment manufacturer and a leading AI company, will bring their respective and unique competences together 鈥� ASML鈥檚 leading capabilities in holistic lithography products and services along with Mistral AI鈥檚 expertise.
ASML will gain a seat on the Strategic Committee of Mistral AI as part of its investment, offering ASML an advisory role in Mistral AI鈥檚 future strategy and technology decisions. ASML Chief Financial Officer Roger Dassen will assume this role, in addition to his existing responsibilities.
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About ASML
ASML is a leading supplier to the semiconductor industry. The company provides chipmakers with hardware, software and services to mass produce the patterns of integrated circuits (microchips). Together with its partners, ASML drives the advancement of more affordable, more powerful, more energy-efficient microchips. ASML enables groundbreaking technology to solve some of humanity's toughest challenges, such as in healthcare, energy use and conservation, mobility and agriculture. ASML is a multinational company headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, with offices across EMEA, the US and Asia. Every day, ASML鈥檚 more than 44,000 employees (FTE) challenge the status quo and push technology to new limits. ASML is traded on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ under the symbol ASML. Discover ASML 鈥� our products, technology and career opportunities 鈥� at www.asml.com.
About Mistral AI
Mistral AI is a pioneer company in generative artificial intelligence, empowering the world with the tools to build and benefit from the most transformative technology of our time. The company democratizes AI through high-performance, optimized, and cutting-edge open-source models, products and solutions as well as end-to-end infrastructure with Mistral Compute. Headquartered in France and independent, Mistral AI defends a decentralized and transparent approach to technology, with a strong global presence in the United States, United Kingdom, and Singapore.
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