# Mistral releases open weights for improved Le Chonk model

> Original title: Le Chonk model weights are out 🔥

- Source: Sophia Yang
- Published: 2026-10-29T14:35:48.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ot3ugkohcdfs7hcqgvc17hrro
- Original: https://x.com/sophiamyang/status/2115814864371240966

## Summary

Sophia Yang reposts Mistral AI's announcement that it has released the weights of an improved Le Chonk model. Mistral says it ranks first among open models on Cognition's FrontierCode and sets a new Pareto efficiency benchmark on Artificial Analysis. Mistral also cites cyberdefense results tested by CrowdStrike, Cloudflare, Rubrik, and Zscaler, and says the weights are available on Hugging Face.

## Post

Le Chonk model weights are out 🔥

## 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.
> 
> 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