IP & Licensing - Intern at Mistral (Paris, France)
Mistral· Paris, France·
Role details
Mistral at a glance
A French AI lab building open and frontier-grade large language models, with the full developer and enterprise stack around them.
Mistral is a French AI lab that builds open and frontier-grade large language models and sells the full stack around them: developer tooling, an agent studio, consumer and enterprise apps like Le Chat and Vibe, custom model training, and its own GPU compute. Its edge is deployment control, with open weights, EU hosting, and self-hosting for regulated and sovereign buyers.
$3B+ raised · latest: Series C · 1.7B euros · Sept 2025 · backed by ASML, Nvidia, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global
Job description
About Mistral
Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions: from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. We partner with enterprises tackling the hardest problems across high-stakes industries like finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector, co-creating customized AI systems that they can run on their terms. We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society. Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation. Our teams are distributed between Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited.
About the Role
Join Mistral AI’s Strategic Licensing Partnerships team and help shape the future of sovereign frontier AI. Working at the intersection of corporate law, venture finance, and frontier research, you will support strategic initiatives that transform high-value real-world financial, corporate, and specialized data assets into frontier AI capabilities.
In the Strategic Licensing Partnerships Intern role, you will drive data sourcing initiatives and engage key stakeholders across financial services, venture capital, private equity, and institutional networks. You will merge strategic deal execution with practical technical work—leveraging state-of-the-art LLM tools and AI agents to demonstrate how specialized financial data drives next-generation AI solutions.
You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across IP & Licensing, Applied AI, Engineering, and Research to align content sourcing with Mistral AI’s strategic roadmap. This role is ideal for a high-potential, hybrid legal/business profile who combines strong financial and legal acumen with deep AI curiosity, hands-on tech fluency, and an adaptable mindset to thrive in a fast-paced frontier research environment.
What You Will Do
- FSI/ PE / VC ecosystem research & outreach: conduct deep-dive research across private equity/venture capital and financial services industry providers to identify data partnership opportunities.
- Coordinate with Applied AI and Research teams to test current LLM tools, help configure custom AI agents, and adapt interactive product demos for financial partners (no software engineering degree required)
- Privacy & data partner operations: oversee specialized external privacy vendors, managing deliverables, compliance quality, and data quality standards.
- Program tracking & cross-functional alignment: establish tracking metrics, monitor pipeline velocity, and communicate progress and risk mitigation plans across Engineering, Research, Product, Legal, and Leadership.
What We’re Looking For:
- Background: final-year Master 2 / Grande École student in Corporate Law, Business/Finance, Private Equity, or Tech Governance (hybrid legal/business profile strongly preferred).
- Tech fluency: strong AI curiosity and hands-on tech fluency (comfortable configuring AI agents, building prompt workflows, adapting demos). Software engineering degree not required.
- Interests: passion for VC, PE, financial services innovation, and corporate restructuring.
- Fluent French (required) and professional English
- Location & work authorization: this internship is available only in France. Please apply only if you have the required work authorization to complete the internship for its full duration.
What We Offer
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Benefits vary by country and may include healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, meal and transportation allowances, and other location-specific perks. For the most up-to-date details on benefits available in your location, please refer to our Benefits page.
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Why work at Mistral
- Culture: Flat structure, high ownership, low ego, and a "builders, not order takers" mentality. The company values audacity, speed, rigor, and customer centricity.
- Remote/Hybrid/Office: Based in Paris (15 rue des Halles); relocation support and visa sponsorship offered. Specific remote/hybrid policy not detailed, but global team suggests flexibility.
- Notable perks and benefits (from careers page):
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for all birthing parents.
- 100% employer-sponsored medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
- 6% 401k match (US) / 5% pension contribution (UK).
- Childcare support (reserved daycare seats or financial assistance).
- Meal allowances and transportation support.
- Fitness and wellness subsidies.
- Relocation and settling-in services.
- Financial and career planning support.
- Team composition: 900+ employees from 30+ nationalities; 50% female leaders.
- Interview process: For science, product, and engineering roles: intro conversation → 2-5 technical exercises → 1-3 interviews (hiring manager + teammates) → values conversation → reference checks.