# Ecosia CEO says move from Mistral prioritizes open models and European hosting

_Published Friday, October 9, 2026 at 4:58 AM EDT · AI, Products · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Ecosia is moving away from Mistral to open AI models for lower costs, greater flexibility and reduced energy consumption, founder and CEO Christian Kroll told EU-Startups. He said the search engine would probably use Melious.ai, a German inference platform, rather than prioritize models by their country of origin.

The models run on European infrastructure powered by low-carbon energy, keeping data processing in Europe. Kroll said Ecosia can switch models for sensitive questions, including those about Taiwan, and is working to remove political biases from its AI-generated answers.

## Sources

- [EU-Startups](https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/10/ecosia-founder-clarifies-move-away-from-mistral-its-about-open-models-not-china/)

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