Scottish Mortgage – MiniMax: The Chinese AI Lab Doing More With Less

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Publication date: 11 November 2026

Published by: Baillie Gifford

MiniMax is one of China’s leading AI labs. Its models can create video, music, text and code and act as agents to execute complex, multi-step tasks. In this rare English-language interview, the firm’s founder and chief executive, Dr Yan Junjie (IO), tells Scottish Mortgage manager Lawrence Burns how MiniMax has turned constraints to its advantage and why he hopes to change our understanding of the universe. Capital at risk.

 

 

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