Mistral AI is back in the open-source spotlight with Devstral, a 24-billion parameter AI model built to act as a full-fledged software engineering agent. Unlike most large code models, Devstral is lightweight enough to run locally on devices like a MacBook, while still outperforming much larger proprietary models on key benchmarks. *Key Points:* 1. Devstral can run on a laptop and is freely available under the Apache 2.0 license 2. It can navigate full codebases, fix bugs, update packages, and complete multi-step tasks across files 3. Devstral is built for “agentic” coding — meaning it’s designed to do more than generate code snippets 4. The model builds on Mistral's earlier success with their Codestral series Integrates with tools like OpenDevin, OpenHands, and SWE-Agent, which help the model act more like a true assistant than a chatbot https://venturebeat.com/ai/mistral-ai-launches-devstral-powerful-new-open-source-swe-agent-model-that-runs-on-laptops/