IP & Licensing - Intern

About this role

About Mistral Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions: from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. We partner with enterprises tackling the hardest problems across high-stakes industries like finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector, co-creating customized AI systems that they can run on their terms. We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society.

Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation. Our teams are distributed between Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited. About the Role Join Mistral AI’s Strategic Licensing Partnerships team and help shape the future of sovereign frontier AI. Working at the intersection of corporate law, venture finance, and frontier research, you will support strategic initiatives that transform high-value real-world financial, corporate, and specialized data assets into frontier AI capabilities.

In the Strategic Licensing Partnerships Intern role, you will drive data sourcing initiatives and engage key stakeholders across financial services, venture capital, private equity, and institutional networks. You will merge strategic deal execution with practical technical work—leveraging state-of-the-art LLM tools and AI agents to demonstrate how specialized financial data drives next-generation AI solutions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across IP & Licensing, Applied AI, Engineering, and Research to align content sourcing with Mistral AI’s strategic roadmap.

This role is ideal for a high-potential, hybrid legal/business profile who combines strong financial and legal acumen with deep AI curiosity, hands-on tech fluency, and an adaptable mindset to thrive in a fast-paced frontier research environment. What You Will Do FSI/ PE / VC ecosystem research & outreach: conduct deep-dive research across private equity/venture capital and financial services industry providers to identify data partnership opportunities.

Coordinate with Applied AI and Research teams to test current LLM tools, help configure custom AI agents, and adapt interactive product demos for financial partners (no software engineering degree required) Privacy & data partner operations: oversee specialized external privacy vendors, managing deliverables, compliance quality, and data quality standards. Program tracking & cross-functional alignment: establish tracking metrics, monitor pipeline velocity, and communicate progress and risk mitigation plans across Engineering, Research, Product, Legal, and Leadership.