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The Week Ahead (Jan. 5–11): Chinese AI Startups Line Up for Hong Kong IPOs

South Korean President visits China, Lenovo to launch personal AI agent

Caixin Global

China's premier GPU maker Biren kicks off Hong Kong IPO — GPU startups vying for Nvidia's crown race to fund AI chip development

Shanghai Biren Technology has begun bookbuilding for a Hong Kong initial public offering aimed at raising as much ad US$624 million as Chinese AI chipmakers accelerate listings to fund expansion.

Tom’s Hardware

Tech Brief (Oct. 28): Meituan Releases Open-Source Video Generation Model

China’s securities regulator to deepen ChiNext board reforms, XPeng expands into the Baltics and Cambodia

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Hollywood is suing yet another AI company. But there may be a better way to solve copyright conflicts

This week Disney, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros Discovery jointly sued MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, over alleged copyright infringement.

The Conversation

Disney, NBCU, WBD sue Chinese AI firm MiniMax

Hollywood is starting to take a more aggressive stance in protecting its intellectual property.

Axios

Forget virtual pets – the next AI video craze is cats doing Olympic diving, and it’s all thanks to this new Google Veo 3 rival

MiniMax’s Hailuo 02 is turning the internet into a feline Olympics.

TechRadar

These 2 AI Stocks Give You Access to China’s ‘New AI Tiger’ MiniMax

Investors could consider gaining exposure to tech giants such as Alibaba and Tencent, which offer indirect exposure to multiple AI startups in 2025.

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China’s MiniMax LLM costs about 200x less to train than OpenAI’s GPT-4, says company

The claims may spook investors who’ve sunk billions into leading AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

Fortune

MimicPC Introduces Free Flux 1.1 Pro & MiniMax I2V for Enhanced AI Creation

AI tools have revolutionized content creation, making it easier than ever to produce high-quality images and videos with minimal effort. Whether for designers, marketers, or casual creators, these advanced technologies streamline workflows, accelerate production, and unlock new creative possibilities—once exclusive to large studios.

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I put the new Hailuo MiniMax image-to-video model to the test — this is something special

Hailuo MiniMax is the last of the next-generation AI video platforms to launch an image-to-video model and it is very well done.

Tom’s Guide

Forget Sora — MiniMax is a new realistic AI video generator and it’s seriously impressive

MiniMax is the latest ultra-realistic text-to-video generator trying to take on OpenAI's Sora. I put it to the test and as well as being very realistic, this one can accurately render human hand movements.

Tom’s Guide

Chinese Women Are Ditching Real Men For 'Perfect' AI Boyfriends Instead

Glow, a free app in China's expanding human-robot relations industry, facilitates friendly and even romantic interactions. MiniMax, the creators of Glow, reported a surge in daily downloads, reaching the thousands.

International Business Times UK

Is the Big Green Egg BBQ worth the price? We put the entry-level version to the test

Is the Big Green Egg MiniMax worth £800? We find out

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