# Mistral's Le Chonk writes a quantum chemistry tool from scratch

> Original title: For those of us who don’t do quantum chemistry before coffee ☕:

- Source: Mistral AI
- Published: 2026-11-02T12:16:07.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/mjnvc1b3xek5wm2a6bux76awn
- Original: https://x.com/MistralAI/status/2117229264915349673

## Summary

Mistral AI says its model Le Chonk wrote a quantum chemistry tool from scratch, and that the tool produces correct results. Chemists use such tools to predict how molecules behave on a computer before lab testing, a step toward new drugs, materials and batteries.

## Post

For those of us who don’t do quantum chemistry before coffee ☕: 

this is how chemists predict how a molecule behaves on a computer, before testing it in a lab. It’s a first step toward new drugs, materials or batteries. 

Le Chonk wrote the tool from scratch, and it gets the right answers.