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Small Open Models Are Becoming Labs' New Funnel Strategy
Thinking Machines' Inkling-Small matches its flagship within one point at a quarter of the compute, and MiniMax open-sourced a competitive video model at a third of rivals' cost -- distillation is now a release strategy, not a side project.
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China's MiniMax Open-Sources H3 Video Model
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China's MiniMax Open-Sources H3 Video Model
MiniMax released its H3 multimodal video generation model, producing 2K resolution clips with native stereo sound at under a third the cost of mainstream competitors, with full weights set to open-source.
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China's AI Labs Race Toward A Wave Of IPOs
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China's AI Labs Race Toward A Wave Of IPOs
Moonshot, DeepSeek, MiniMax and Z.ai are all pursuing or completing public listings within months of each other, a compressed wave of Chinese AI IPOs that resets how investors value the entire sector.