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MiniMax M2

MiniMax · China
229B agent-focused model from MiniMax, Modified MIT. Strong software-engineering and tool-use benchmarks. Family has iterated fast (M2 / M2.1 / M2.5 / M2.7 across 2025-2026). Same Chinese-origin alignment and supply-chain considerations as DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi.
Licence facts
Licence
Modified MIT
Commercial use
Unrestricted
Derivatives
Allowed
Attribution
Minimal
Parameters
229B
Architecture
Lightning Attention (per MiniMax-01 paper)
Training data
Not disclosed
Last updated
2025-Q4 (M2); M2.7 most recent variant
Known risks
  • Chinese-origin alignment biases
  • Rapid versioning (M2→M2.7 in 4 months) makes pinning risky
  • Modified MIT — verify the specific modifications
Sources
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Reviewed by Ali Madjaji · Last reviewed 2026-04-16
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