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

> Original title: Today, we release the weights of a new and improved Le Chonk, advancing the open frontier for agentic coding and cybersecurity.

- Source: Mistral AI
- Published: 2026-10-29T14:21:24.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/hysuv4rxpkdru0zwladcw6nq6
- Original: https://x.com/MistralAI/status/2115811242556137820

## Summary

Mistral AI says it has released the weights of an improved Le Chonk model aimed at agentic coding and cybersecurity. The company says Le Chonk ranks #1 among open models on Cognition's FrontierCode and sets a new Pareto efficiency benchmark on Artificial Analysis. Weights are available on Hugging Face, and users can customize the model with Mistral Forge.

## Post

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.

Built for sovereignty: Make it yours. Download the weights on @huggingface , customize it with Mistral Forge, and deploy it wherever you need it.

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