MiniMax's new open M2.5 and M2.5 Lightning near state-of-the-art while costing 1/20th of Claude Opus 4.6

Chinese AI startup MiniMax, headquartered in Shanghai, has sent shockwaves through the AI industry today with the release of ...

Chinese AI stocks surge as model upgrades, policy support lift Zhipu AI 30% and MiniMax 11%

MiniMax’s Hong Kong-listed shares surged 11% on Wednesday after the company launched its upgraded M2.5 open-source model, ...
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Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it claims are competitive with the industry’s best

Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies. MiniMax claims that MiniMax-Text-01, which is 456 billion ...
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MiniMax-M2 : New Open Source Model That’s 2x Faster Than Claude

What if you could access innovative AI technology that’s not only faster but also significantly more affordable than current industry leaders? Enter MiniMax-M2, a new open source model that’s shaking ...