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The financing is being viewed as a pre-IPO round, with Kling’s pre-money valuation equal to about two-thirds of Kuaishou’s market value.

Kuaishou’s Kling AI seeks fresh funding ahead of planned 2027 IPO

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MiniMax, a Chinese company, develops large models and generative AI tools. It is known for the Talkie chatbot and Hailuo AI, a multimodal AI platform.

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The company has hired advisors and signed a guidance agreement, but said any RMB share issuance remains preliminary.

MiniMax explores Star Market listing after Hong Kong debut

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Investors are taking an upbeat view as the AI firm delivers its first earnings report following its Hong Kong listing.

MiniMax’s ARR tops USD 150 million as it pivots toward an AI platform model

Don’t let the AI-generated cat videos distract from MiniMax’s growing edge in AI technology.

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Like DeepSeek, MiniMax has also open-sourced the latest of its AI tech.

Forget the price wars: MiniMax goes open-source to rewrite the AI playbook

MiniMax’s Talkie app defies AI market skeptics with USD 70 million in projected revenue, but can it replicate its success?

Talkie’s global traction puts MiniMax in AI’s top tier, but risks loom

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Chinese AI company MiniMax confirms Zhang Qianchuan’s move to an advisory role after stepping down as head of product.

MiniMax’s product chief steps back amid China’s AI leadership shakeup

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China's MiniMax has unveiled Hailuo AI, its proprietary text-to-video model, entering the fray in the fast-evolving world of AI video generation.

MiniMax’s Hailuo AI text-to-video generator: How does it stack up?

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