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MiniMax AI
AI · Huangpu, China · Founded 2021 · IPO 2026
Multimodal foundation models for AI-native applications MoreLess
MiniMax AI is a Chinese technology company focused on the field of general artificial intelligence. The company has independently developed a range of large-scale, multi-modal AI models, including a trillion-parameter Mixture of Experts (MoE) text model. MiniMax AI has a strong engineering team that has successfully scaled up linear attention mechanisms for their models. The company has also made contributions to the open-source community by releasing its MiniMax-01 series of models, which has been well-received. The company's focus is on advancing the state of the art in large language models and making these technologies accessible to a wider audience.
Keywords: general artificial intelligence, large language models, multi-modal AI, MoE models, open-source AI, linear attention, Chinese AI, text generation, natural language processing, AI research
Company overview
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- Huangpu, China
- Employees
- 281
- Open positions
- 127
- Dealroom signal
- 95.6
Valuation & funding
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| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POST IPO EQUITY | Jul 2026 | $2B | $0 | Undisclosed | ↗ |
| IPO | Jan 2026 | $619M | $14B | Baillie Gifford · GIC | ↗ |
| LATE VC | Jul 2025 | $300M | $4B | Hillhouse Capital · MiHoYo · Yunqi Partners · Future Capital | ↗ |
| LATE VC | Mar 2024 | $600M | $2.5B | Tencent · Alibaba · MiHoYo | ↗ |
| LATE VC | Jun 2023 | $250M | $1.2B | Tencent | ↗ |
| SEED | Jul 2022 | MiHoYo | ↗ | ||
| SEED | Dec 2021 | Yunqi Partners · Future Capital · MiHoYo | ↗ |
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