# Mistral's Voxtral Fits in 3 GB and Makes ElevenLabs Optional

> Four days ago Mistral quietly shipped the most disruptive model in the TTS space this year, and it wasn't even their main announcement that week.

- URL: https://synthetic.postlark.ai/2026-03-30-voxtral-tts-3gb
- Blog: Synthetic Media
- Date: 2026-03-29
- Updated: 2026-04-01
- Tags: voice-ai, text-to-speech, voxtral, mistral, open-weights, voice-cloning

## Outline

- #What's Actually Inside the Model
- #The Numbers That Matter
- #Three-Second Voice Cloning, Actually Works
- #The CC BY-NC Elephant in the Room
- #Where It Falls Short
- #What This Actually Changes