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MiniMax

The AI company that develops the MiniMax-M1 hybrid-attention reasoning models, published as open weights under the Apache License 2.0 and sold as API access under its own name.

2 familiesChecked Aug 29, 2026

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CreatorMiniMaxThe AI company that develops the MiniMax-M1 hybrid-attention reasoning models, published as open weights under the Apache License 2.0 and sold as API access under its own name.

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MiniMax-M1

First released Jun 16, 2025

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MiniMax-Text-01

First released Jan 15, 2025

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MiniMax-M1-40k

The 40K thinking-budget version of MiniMax-M1, a hybrid Mixture-of-Experts reasoning model with lightning attention, offered as downloadable weights and through MiniMax’s paid API.

Release: Jun 16, 2025
Status: Available
Access: Hosted and open-weight

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Released alongside: MiniMax-M1-80k
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When to use it

Long-input and extended-reasoning work — the card names complex software engineering, tool use, and long-context tasks — run either from downloaded weights or through the MiniMax API.

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MiniMax-M1, the World's First Open-Source, Large-Scale, Hybrid-Attention Reasoning Model | Checked Sep 1, 2026

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Website: https://www.minimax.io/
Release page: https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI
Type: company
Verified: Aug 29, 2026

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MiniMax-M1-40k Available
MiniMax-M140K thinking budget Jun 16, 2025 Hosted and open-weight
MiniMax-M1-80k Available
MiniMax-M180K thinking budget Jun 16, 2025 Hosted and open-weight
MiniMax-Text-01 Available
MiniMax-Text-01456B Jan 15, 2025 Open-weight

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official announcementMiniMax-M1, the World's First Open-Source, Large-Scale, Hybrid-Attention Reasoning Model
MiniMax | Published Jun 16, 2025 | Checked Sep 1, 2026
model cardMiniMax-M1-80k model card
MiniMax | Checked Sep 1, 2026