MiniMax

Also known as: MiniMax AI, 上海稀宇科技有限公司

MiniMax is a Chinese AI company headquartered in Room 1704-1, No. 1699 Gubei Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China, founded early 2022, known for the minimax-m3, minimax-m2.7, minimax-m2.7-highspeed models.

Last verified: 2026-09-20 · Data status: Current · Next review: 2026-10-20

Key facts for MiniMax
Key fact	Value
Founded	early 2022
Headquarters	Room 1704-1, No. 1699 Gubei Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China
Funding	Investor-relations site exists (ir.minimax.cn); funding-round details are not listed on official pages as of 2026-09-22.
Official website	https://www.minimax.io/
Documentation	https://platform.minimax.io/docs
AI products	MiniMax Code, MiniMax Design, MiniMax Audio, Talkie (international) / 星野 (China), MiniMax Agent, MiniMax open platform (enterprise/developer API)

Major releases

Major releases by MiniMax
Release	Date	Type
MiniMax-M3	2026-06-01	model_release
MiniMax-M2.7	2026-03-18	model_release
MiniMax-M2	2025-10-27	model_release

Open-source projects

MiniMax-M3
MiniMax-M2.7
MiniMax-M2
MiniMax-H3 (video)
MiniMax Music 3
MSA (MiniMax Sparse Attention)
MiniMax-Provider-Verifier

MiniMax (上海稀宇科技有限公司), founded in early 2022, is a Chinese general-AI company whose products span chat/agent models (M-series), video (H-series), audio (Speech/TTS/ASR), image generation, music (Music 3) and consumer apps (Talkie / 星野). The company states it serves users in 230+ countries with 300M+ individual users and 2M+ enterprise clients and developers (vendor claim, CN site).

The current flagship model is MiniMax-M3 (2026-06-01): a ~428B/23B-active MoE with 1M-token context, multimodal input (text/image/video) and open weights under the MiniMax Community License. API platforms: platform.minimaxi.com (China, CNY) and platform.minimax.io (international, USD).

Models

Sources

[Official] MiniMax official site (international) [Official] MiniMax official site (China) [Official] MiniMax API platform — model overview (CN) [Official] MiniMax official release notes

Data interpretation

Evidence types for MiniMax
Field	Value	Evidence type
Founded	early 2022	Official
Headquarters	Room 1704-1, No. 1699 Gubei Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China	Official
Foundation models	minimax-m3, minimax-m2.7, minimax-m2.7-highspeed	Official
Major releases	3 entries	Official
Entity relations	3 models, 0 agents, 0 APIs	China AI Hub analysis

Evidence types: Official = vendor documentation or official pages. China AI Hub analysis = derived from the database itself. See the sourcing policy.

Where is MiniMax based?

Room 1704-1, No. 1699 Gubei Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China.

Which foundation models does MiniMax offer?

minimax-m3, minimax-m2.7, minimax-m2.7-highspeed.

Does MiniMax provide an API?

No API is currently listed for MiniMax in our database.

What open-source projects does MiniMax maintain?

MiniMax-M3, MiniMax-M2.7, MiniMax-M2, MiniMax-H3 (video), MiniMax Music 3, MSA (MiniMax Sparse Attention), MiniMax-Provider-Verifier.

Where does China AI Hub get its MiniMax data?

From 4 sources, last verified 2026-09-20.