# MiniMax — MiniMax M2 & Agent: Ingenious in Simplicity

- Company: MiniMax (minimax.io)
- Announced: 2025-10-27T00:00:00+00:00
- Category: open-weight-release
- Subject: MiniMax models
- Open weights: yes
- Models affected: M2
- Pricing: 8% of Claude Sonnet's price
- Source: https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-m2-en-1748600000
- Record: https://forck.live/items/3404-minimax-m2-agent-ingenious-in-simplicity

MiniMax launched and open-sourced the M2 model, an agent-first model that delivers top-tier coding, tool use, and deep search at 8% of Claude Sonnet's price with 2x speed. A free API and Agent product are available.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-m2-en-1748600000:

> MiniMax launches and open-sources M2, an agent-first model delivering top-tier coding, tool use, and deep search at 8% of Claude Sonnet's price with 2x speed. Free API and Agent product available.

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