# Mistral releases open weights for an improved Le Chonk model for agentic coding and cybersecurity

> Original title: Good progress in the last few weeks ! And now the weights

- Source: Arthur Mensch
- Published: 2026-10-29T14:59:05.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/e0zzhqdp6zt5m7yyd8u0rqhfp
- Original: https://x.com/arthurmensch/status/2115820723767783634

## Summary

Mistral says it has released the weights of a new and improved Le Chonk model, advancing the open frontier for agentic coding and cybersecurity. The post says Le Chonk ranks first among open models on Cognition's FrontierCode and sets a new Pareto efficiency benchmark on Artificial Analysis. Mistral also says the model is available for download on Hugging Face and can be customized with Mistral Forge.

## Post

Good progress in the last few weeks ! And now the weights

## Quoted post @MistralAI

> Today, we release the weights of a new and improved Le Chonk, advancing the open frontier for agentic coding and cybersecurity.
> 
> 💻 Built to build: Le Chonk ranks #1 on @cognition’s FrontierCode among open models, and sets a new benchmark for Pareto efficiency on @artificialanalysis.
> 
> 🛡 Built to defend: State-of-the-art in cyberdefense, put through the paces by the world's leading cyber vendors, including @CrowdStrike, @cloudflare, @rubrik, @zscaler, and others.
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> Built for sovereignty: Make it yours. Download the weights on @huggingface , customize it with Mistral Forge, and deploy it wherever you need it.
> 
> Read more from our team and customers 👇:

https://x.com/MistralAI/status/2115811242556137820