Game changer feels a bit strong. This is a new entry in a field that's already pretty crowded with open source tooling that's already available to anyone with the time and desire to wire it all up. It's likely that they execute this better than the community-run projects have so far and make it more approachable and Enterprise friendly, but just for reference I have most of the features that they've listed here already set up on my desktop at home with Ollama, Open WebUI, and a collection of small hand-rolled apps that plug into them. I can't run very big models on mine, obviously, but if I were an Enterprise I would.
The key thing they'd need to nail to make this better than what's already out there is the integrations. If they can make it seamless to integrate with all the key third-party enterprise systems then they'll have something strong here, otherwise it's not obvious how much they're adding over Open WebUI, LibreChat, and the other self-hosted AI agent tooling that's already available.
> crowded with open source tooling that's already available to anyone with the time and desire to wire it all up.
Those who don't have the time and desire to wire it all up probably make up a larger part of the market than those who do. It's a long-tail proposition, and that might be a problem.
> I have most of the features that they've listed here already set up on my desktop at home
I think your boss and your boss' boss are the audience they are going for. In my org there's concern over the democratization of locally run LLMs and the loss of data control that comes with it.
Mistral's product would allow IT or Ops or whatever department to set guardrails for the organization. The selling point that it's turn-key means that a small organization doesn't have to invest a ton of time into all the tooling needed to run it and maintain it.
Edit: I just re-read your comment and I do have to agree though. "game-changer" is a bit strong of a word.
The key thing they'd need to nail to make this better than what's already out there is the integrations. If they can make it seamless to integrate with all the key third-party enterprise systems then they'll have something strong here, otherwise it's not obvious how much they're adding over Open WebUI, LibreChat, and the other self-hosted AI agent tooling that's already available.