LLM API·China
MiniMax
abab chat + MiniMax-Text / MiniMax-VL — consumer-facing Chinese AI lab
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Founded
2021
Headquarters
China
Price range
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API format
openai
Reachability & verification
Live reachability
Target (MiniMax): https://www.minimax.io
Overseas reference latency (est.)
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About MiniMax
MiniMax operates the abab chat family and ships MiniMax-Text-01 (long-context reasoning) and MiniMax-VL-01 (multimodal). Known as the company behind Talkie + Xingye consumer products. Pricing is competitive for the very-long-context tier.
Pros
- Overseas node available — accessible from outside mainland China
- OpenAI-compatible API: openai — drop-in for existing SDK users
- Established 5+ years (founded 2021)
Cons
- Payments only via alipay, wechat, card — may block non-China billing
Tracked models
10MiniMax M1
OAIMiniMax M2
OAIMiniMax M2-her
OAIMiniMax M2.1
OAIMiniMax M2.5
OAIMiniMax M2.5
OAIMiniMax M2.7
OAIMiniMax M2.7
OAIMiniMax M3
OAIMiniMax-01
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