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Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it claims are competitive with the industry’s best

Jan 20, 2025
06:10

Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies. This week, MiniMax, an Alibaba- and Tencent-backed startup that has raised around $850 million in venture capital and is valued at more than $2.5 billion, debuted three new models:

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