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Can we all just agree to pretend the cringe rebrand didn’t happen and keep calling it Le Chat?
June 1, 2026
Mistral rebranded Le Chat to "Vibe," and users are pushing back on the name change as generic and indistinct from competing AI assistants. The core complaint is that Le Chat carried recognizable brand identity tied to Mistral's European positioning, while Vibe reads as interchangeable with low-effort app store AI products.