The policy explicitly states that its terms do not apply to Mistral AI models or products deployed on customer or partner infrastructure, or to Mistral AI's open-source models, limiting the policy's scope to platform-hosted products only.
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This provision establishes that users who self-host Mistral AI models or access them through partner-deployed infrastructure are not subject to this Usage Policy, meaning separate governance frameworks apply to those deployment contexts. Institutional customers evaluating compliance coverage across their AI deployment stack should identify which governance documents apply to non-platform deployments.
Under this clause, the prohibitions and enforcement mechanisms stated in this Usage Policy apply only to Mistral AI's own platform-hosted products. Users accessing Mistral AI capabilities through partner platforms or self-hosted deployments operate under different or separately applicable terms.
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Compare across platforms →"This Usage Policy does not apply to Mistral AI Products deployed on a customer's infrastructure, on the infrastructure of our partners, or to our open-source AI models and products.Excerpt from Mistral AI's Usage Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The scope exclusion for open-source models and customer-infrastructure deployments is relevant to EU AI Act obligations, which apply based on the role of the deploying entity (provider versus deployer) and the deployment …
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This provision establishes that users who self-host Mistral AI models or access them through partner-deployed infrastructure are not subject to this Usage Policy, meaning separate governance frameworks apply to those deployment contexts. Institutional customers evaluating compliance coverage across their AI deployment stack should identify which governance documents apply to non-platform deployments.
Under this clause, the prohibitions and enforcement mechanisms stated in this Usage Policy apply only to Mistral AI's own platform-hosted products. Users accessing Mistral AI capabilities through partner platforms or self-hosted deployments operate under different or separately applicable terms.
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