# CERN and Mistral sign statement of intent to develop AI foundation model for physics

Digest AI · Generative AI & Models · published 2026-10-15T00:00:00Z

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## Summary

CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, and Mistral, a European AI model developer, have signed a statement of intent to create a long‑term strategic partnership. The collaboration will focus on building foundation models for scientific discovery, starting with a Large Physics Model designed for collider physics.

The planned model will be pretrained on billions of simulated proton‑proton collisions from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). CERN stores roughly one exabyte – one million terabytes – of experimental data, and the number of collisions is expected to increase tenfold with the High‑Luminosity LHC, slated to begin around 2030. The model aims to handle multiple tasks such as reconstructing collisions, identifying particles, flagging unexpected signals, and evaluating future detector designs, potentially replacing a chain of specialised algorithms.

Both organisations see the partnership as a way to combine CERN’s data‑intensive expertise with Mistral’s large‑scale model‑training capabilities, creating AI tools that could serve the broader scientific community and strengthen Europe’s technological leadership.

## Key points

- CERN and Mistral signed a statement of intent for a long‑term AI partnership.
- The partnership will develop a Large Physics Model trained on billions of simulated LHC collisions.
- CERN stores about one exabyte of LHC data and expects a tenfold collision increase with the HL‑LHC around 2030.

## Why it matters

A dedicated foundation model for collider physics could streamline data reconstruction, accelerate discoveries, and provide a template for AI‑driven research across scientific fields.

## Sources

1. [CERN and Mistral join forces to accelerate AI for science](https://home.cern/cern-and-mistral-join-forces-to-accelerate-ai-for-science) (home.cern, 2026-10-15)

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## Cite

Digest AI, "CERN and Mistral sign statement of intent to develop AI foundation model for physics", 15 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/cern-and-mistral-sign-statement-of-intent-to-develop-ai-foundation-mod

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