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MiniMax

MiniMax builds multimodal AI models and consumer apps, with 70%+ revenue from overseas and 236M+ users in 200+ countries.

Foundation Models · Europe status 4 · updated 2026-10-26

At a glance

HeadquartersShanghai
Founded2021
StageListed
Europe status4 · Customers / operations
In Europe— none confirmed
Funding—
Valuation$38.9B (Goldman Sachs target)
Sanctions checknot yet checked
Updated2026-10-26

Europe status

MiniMax: 4 — Customers / operations

0No footprint
1Declared interest
2Partner / distributor
3Own office
4Customers / operations
5Production

Rated only on confirmed evidence listed below; status 2026-10-26.

Evidence for the Europe status

Only confirmed, sourced steps count. Announcements without follow-through are listed as declared interest at most.

What we know

Each line links to the article where we checked it. Company claims are marked.

Key number

236M+

users across 200+ countries

Source: our reporting — “Talkie / Xingye AI character-interaction app. 236M+ cumulative users across 200+ countries.”

Products and models

Products: M2.5, Hailuo AI, Talkie / Xingye, MaxClaw, MiniMax Audio

Models: M2.5

Europe entry steps

All steps →
DateChinese companyStepAs announcedWithSource
2026-02MiniMaxPartnershipMiniMax launched MaxClaw bundling M2.5 model with OpenClaw.OpenClawsource

Corrections and updates

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Sanctions status: not yet checked. We check the EU consolidated list and the US Entity List by name before any company is marked “none found”.

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