MiniMax
Canonical page on the main site: sinoaihub.com/companies/minimax
Type
company
Definition
MiniMax is a Chinese AI company (also MiniMax AI, 上海稀宇科技有限公司) developing 3 foundation models and operating the MiniMax API.
Key facts
- 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.
- Foundation models: MiniMax-M3, MiniMax-M2.7, MiniMax-M2.7-Highspeed
- Agents: MiniMax Agent, MiniMax Code
- API: MiniMax API
- Open-source: 7 projects
Aliases
- MiniMax AI
- 上海稀宇科技有限公司
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.
Ai Products
- MiniMax Code
- MiniMax Design
- MiniMax Audio
- Talkie (international) / 星野 (China)
- MiniMax Agent
- MiniMax open platform (enterprise/developer API)
Foundation Models
Open Models
Agents
API
Major Releases
| name | date | type |
|---|---|---|
| MiniMax-M3 | 2026-06-01 | model_release |
| MiniMax-M2.7 | 2026-03-18 | model_release |
| MiniMax-M2 | 2025-10-27 | model_release |
Timeline
| date | event | type | source | verification_date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 (early) | Founded (上海稀宇科技有限公司), Shanghai | founding | https://www.minimax.cn/about | 2026-09-20 |
| 2025-10-27 | MiniMax-M2 release | model_release | https://platform.minimaxi.com/docs/release-notes/models.md | 2026-09-20 |
| 2026-03-18 | MiniMax-M2.7 release | model_release | https://platform.minimaxi.com/docs/release-notes/models.md | 2026-09-20 |
| 2026-06-01 | MiniMax-M3 release (~428B/23B-active MoE, 1M context, open weights) | model_release | https://www.minimax.cn/blog/minimax-m3 | 2026-09-20 |
Open Source Projects
- MiniMax-M3
- MiniMax-M2.7
- MiniMax-M2
- MiniMax-H3 (video)
- MiniMax Music 3
- MSA (MiniMax Sparse Attention)
- MiniMax-Provider-Verifier
Official Documentation
https://platform.minimax.io/docs
Official Website
https://www.minimax.io/
Verification Status
verified
Last Verified
2026-09-20
Sources
| evidence_id | source_name | source_url | source_type | published | verified | confidence | conflict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| src-companies-minimax-1 | MiniMax official site (international) | https://www.minimax.io/ | Official | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |
| src-companies-minimax-2 | MiniMax official site (China) | https://www.minimax.cn/about | Official | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |
| src-companies-minimax-3 | MiniMax API platform — model overview (CN) | https://platform.minimaxi.com/docs/guides/models-intro | Official documentation | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |
| src-companies-minimax-4 | MiniMax official release notes | https://platform.minimaxi.com/docs/release-notes/models.md | Official documentation | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |