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Mistral OCR 4.0

Model deprecation · Model Upgrade · shut down September 30, 2026

Born
Died
Lifespan
3m 9d
Cause of death
Model Upgrade
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Mistral
Type
Model

Mistral released OCR 4 (mistral-ocr-4-0) on June 23, 2026, supporting 170 languages and claiming independent annotators preferred it over every leading OCR and document-AI system tested, with a 72% average win rate. OCR 4.1 took over the mistral-ocr-4 and mistral-ocr-latest aliases on July 16 and went GA on August 31. The changelog marked 4.0 deprecated on September 29 and retired it on September 30, at the same price as its replacement: one day's formal notice. It lived 99 days and died the same day as Leanstral 1.5.

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Is Mistral OCR 4.0 dead?

Yes. Mistral OCR 4.0 was shut down on September 30, 2026, 3 months, 9 days after its launch on June 23, 2026. The cause of death was model upgrade; it was killed by Mistral. Classification: model deprecation. Details and the source are above.

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