MiniMax vs Zhipu AI
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MiniMax
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Zhipu AI
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Ecosystem
MiniMax
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MiniMax
Minimax is a decision rule used in artificial intelligence, decision theory, combinatorial game theory, statistics, and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss for a worst case scenario. When dealing with gains, it is referred to as "maximin" – to maximize the minimum gain. Originally formulated
Zhipu AI
In May 2024, the Saudi Arabian finance firm Prosperity7 Ventures, LLC participated in a <strong>USD $400 million</strong> financing round for Zhipu AI with a valuation of approximately 3 billion USD.
Recent Events
MiniMax
Released M2.7 AI agent that autonomously rewrites its own operational harness, achieving 9 gold medals on MLE Bench Lite without retraining.
MiniMax M2.7 ties Gemini 3.1 on MLE Bench Lite machine learning competition trials
Blockbuster Hong Kong listing
Transition from large model developer to AI platform company
Strong adoption of its M2.5 model driving enterprise demand
Zhipu AI
Released GLM-5.1 series of large language models, including flagship GLM-5.1-9B/1M with 1M token context.
Announced GLM-5.1 model series with 1M token context window and 128K output tokens
Publicly called for global partnerships with computing resource providers, signaling severe infrastructure constraints.
Reported 2025 revenue of 724.33 million yuan (US$104.8 million), a 131.9% year-on-year increase.
Went public in Hong Kong in January 2025.