MiniMax

AI · Shanghai, CN · minimaxi.com

Chinese multimodal foundation model company founded in 2021, backed by miHoYo, Tencent and Alibaba.

Founders

Yan Junjie (China · ♂) — A computer-vision PhD and SenseTime VP who, inspired by OpenAI's Dota 2 bots in 2019, shifted from vision to NLP and co-founded MiniMax in 2021 to build large language and multimodal models.
Zhou Yucong (China · ♂) — A former SenseTime colleague who co-founded MiniMax with Yan Junjie in December 2021 to develop foundation AI models.
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Yeyi Yun
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Team & hubs

Around 277 people on the team.

Where the team is based, by share of staff.

San Francisco Bay Area15%

Shanghai10%

London10%

Berlin5%

Milan5%

People & leadership

Yeyi Yun Co-FounderEugenio Fierro Creative Partnerdika karan yudha Creative PartnerEvgenia P. Creative Partneraown raza Creative PartnerSylvia Tong Partnership & GTMKseniia Bev Business owner в MiniMaxHouston Huang Member Board of Directors

Around the web

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Funding history

Date	Round	Amount
Jan 2026	Incoming IPO MiniMax listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising about HK$5.54 billion ($710 million) at HK$165 per share; shares jumped over 70% on debut, valuing the AI company above $11 billion.	$710M

Investors

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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Alibaba Aspex E Fund Management Eastspring Mirae Asset

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