Free
Text / Reasoning
MiniMax M3
Frontier reasoning that holds a plan across long agentic tasks.
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Exclusive on GMI Cloud
MiniMax Week
Generative video and frontier reasoning. MiniMax M3, M2.7, Speech 2.8, and Music 3.0 are free for fourteen days. An AI feast for fourteen days.
The lineup
The MiniMax lineup,
unlocked.
Access via OpenRouter or a GMI API key, natively integrated in Pi, Oh My Pi, Hermes Agent, Trae, and OpenCode. BYOK to Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.
Free
Text / Agents
MiniMax M2.7
Fast, capable reasoning for agents and coding tools.
Video / Audio
MiniMax H3
Cinematic generative video that arrives with its audio already synchronized.
Free
Free
The MiniMaxathon
Join the 14-Day MiniMax Challenge
Three tracks. Three winners. $1,500 in credits.
$200
in GMI Cloud credits
3-Month MiniMax token plan max
from MiniMax
One winner per track. Every winner receives both.
Three tracks, one submission. Pick the one that fits what you are building.
Track one
Agents that hold a plan. Coding tools that finish the job. Research assistants that fact check themselves.
Track two
Reasoning that drives video, or video that feeds reasoning. Agents that direct.
Track three
Picture and sound as a single output. Generative instruments, music videos that write themselves, tools that score their own footage.
We're looking for the ones
nobody saw coming.
Surprise us with something we never saw. GMI Cloud and MiniMax judge every entry together, on model usage, usability and originality.
Model usage
Did you really use them?
How far you pushed MiniMax models served through GMI Cloud, not how many calls you made.
Usability
Does it actually work?
Someone who has never seen your project can pick it up and get somewhere with it.
Originality
Have we seen this before?
The obvious build is the one everyone submits.
What to know before you enter.
Who and what
- Who can enter
- Solo builders or teams of up to four, anywhere in the world.
- What you make
- One project, one track, built during the fourteen day window.
- Made on GMI
- Core generation runs on MiniMax models served through GMI Cloud. Supporting infrastructure can come from anywhere.
- Open repository
- The repository must be public for the whole judging period.
Dates and judging
- Deadline
- Submit your project by September 6, 2026.
- Judging
- GMI Cloud and MiniMax review every eligible entry together.
- Winners
- Three winners, one per track. Winners will be announced on September 11, 2026.
- One entry
- One submission per person or team. Pick your track and commit.
Four steps, fourteen days.
Step 1
Create a GMI account
Free to create. Every campaign model unlocked for the week.
Step 2
Build
Pick a track. Fourteen days.
Step 3
Submit
One entry per person or team, through the form on this page.
Step 4
Get judged
Both teams review every entry. Winners announced after judging.
Two live sessions with the
MiniMax and GMI teams.
Live on YouTube, Discord and X.
See what's new in M3 Pro and watch a live agent build on GMI Cloud.
See H3 in action, from prompt creation to a finished video on GMI Cloud.
Submit your build.
Closes on a date to be confirmed. One entry per person or team.
RuleShare your demo on X and tag MiniMax and GMI Cloud. Public sharing is part of the entry.
Before you ask.
No. Creating a GMI Cloud account is free, and M3, M2.7, Speech 2.8 and Music 3.0 are free during the campaign.
No. H3 remains at its standard price, billed per request. It is still part of the Multimodality and Synthesis tracks.
Yes, for supporting infrastructure. Core generation has to run on MiniMax models served through GMI Cloud.
No. One submission per person or team. Pick the track that fits your build and commit to it.
GMI Cloud credits will be added to each winner's GMI Cloud account, and the three-month MiniMax Token Plan Max will be activated on their MiniMax account.
Use & Anti-Abuse Notice: Promotional access is provided for legitimate use only. GMI Cloud actively monitors for abuse including but not limited to multi-account signups, automated farming, and resale, and reserves the right to rate-limit, suspend, or terminate access and revoke credits at its sole discretion. Subject to GMI Cloud and MiniMax's Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy.