model release
MiniMax releases H3 model weights
MiniMax published downloadable H3 video-model weights under its community license after launching the multimodal video-generation system on July 31.
MiniMax · Read source ↗Added to map Aug 3, 2026
Frontier Labs · Private company · Deployment
MiniMax
✓ VerifiedMiniMax belongs on the board because it combines frontier multimodal ambitions with consumer product reach, especially in markets outside the usual U.S.-centric map defaults.
Shanghai, ChinaFounded 2021API accessDaily review target
Editorial intelligence brief
Editorial focus
Released MiniMax H3 on July 31, 2026 and published downloadable H3 model weights on August 3 under the MiniMax H3 Community License.
Focus: Multimodal models and AI-native consumer products
Latest funding
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Tracked funding
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Latest valuation
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No source-backed record
Latest revenue
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Deployment lifecycle position
Editorially verified updates
What changed
External coverage of MiniMax
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Last checked Oct 18, 2026.
Bloomberg.com · Reporting
Sep 3, 2026
Reuters · Reporting
Aug 26, 2026
Reuters · Reporting
Jul 30, 2026
Source-backed financial history
Funding and financial history
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A structured financial history has not been completed for MiniMax.
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Product surface
Products and model families
Recent models
MiniMax H3MiniMax M3MiniMax M2.7Hailuo 2.3Speech 2.8Music 2.6
Products
MiniMax H3MiniMax API platformMiniMax CodeHailuo AIMiniMax AudioMiniMax Music
Open weights
Yes
API access
Yes
Review target
Daily
Market position
Lifecycle and strategic signals
Research
Preview
Growth
Deployment
Deployment: Production & at scale
Focus
Multimodal models and AI-native consumer products
Signals
MultimodalConsumer productsAsia
Taxonomy
Media ModelsVertical + EnterpriseImageVideoAudio / speech
Competitive context
OpenAIMoonshot AIZ.ai
Infrastructure & distribution
Where MiniMax sits in the AI stack
01
Model layer
6 tracked model families
02
Access layer
Managed API + self-hostable weights
03
Market layer
Frontier Labs
Public product surface
MiniMax H3MiniMax API platformMiniMax CodeHailuo AIMiniMax AudioMiniMax Music
Stack signals
ImageVideoAudio / speechMultimodalConsumer productsAsia
This section reflects publicly visible product and access signals. Undisclosed GPU, cloud, training, and data-center contracts are not inferred.
Evidence trail
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