Mistral AI has rebranded its chatbot 'Le Chat' as 'Vibe', repositioning it as a full AI work tool. The new platform features a 'Work Mode' that integrates with services like Google Workspace and Slack to handle tasks such as emails and reports. A new 'Code Mode' allows AI agents to write code in parallel within isolated cloud environments, fix bugs, and create pull requests, with developers able to save sessions and switch between terminal and cloud via the command line. The rebrand consolidates Mistral's existing features into a single product aimed at competing directly with AI agents from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Vibe launches with four pricing tiers, though specific usage limits remain unclear. Work Mode enables the AI to connect with Google Workspace, Outlook, SharePoint, Slack, or GitHub, running tasks from these platforms. Before executing tasks, the agent outlines its plan and waits for user confirmation.
Each step can be expanded and reviewed. Tasks can be scheduled to repeat daily, weekly, or monthly. Skills save recurring workflows as templates, similar to what Anthropic introduced for Claude last year. Code Mode deploys programming agents into isolated sandboxes, allowing them to build features, fix bugs, write tests, and open pull requests upon completion. Sessions run in parallel, survive a closed laptop, and can be launched from Slack starting in June. Mistral is also releasing a new VS Code extension and a CLI update with a /teleport command to move running sessions and their history between the terminal and the cloud. Vibe comes in four tiers: Free, Pro at 14.99 euros a month, Team at 24.99 euros per user per month, and Enterprise on request.
Mistral adds tax to all plans. Students receive half off Pro, and Team drops to 19.99 euros per user with annual billing. Specific usage limits for each tier are unclear, with only multiples of the free plan provided, such as up to six times as many messages and up to 40 times as many image generations. The company does not disclose the free plan's actual limits. Pro and Team have identical usage limits, with the ten-euro-per-user premium offering additional storage, domain verification, data export, and admin tools for shared workspaces. The distinction between 'complex tasks' and 'in-depth reasoning' is unclear, though Mistral Medium 3.5 can toggle between fast and thorough modes through reasoning_effort. The Vibe name, previously used for Mistral's coding tool since Vibe 2.0, now covers the entire product, including Work Mode and Code Mode.
Vibe is available at chat.mistral.ai as an app on the App Store and Google Play. The code interface is at code.mistral.ai. The rebrand represents a merger rather than a relaunch, as Le Chat gradually incorporated features like Deep Research, voice mode, image editing, and MCP integrations over the past year. Work Mode and cloud-based coding agents were introduced in early May. Vibe bundles all these features under one brand, positioning Mistral in direct competition with the agentic versions of ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. The coding setup with parallel sandbox agents is not unique, with OpenAI having Codex, Anthropic offering Claude code in the browser, and Cursor running entire agent fleets in version three.
Source: thedecoder
