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MiniMax · United Arab Emirates

Middle East·Group: MiniMax

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What happened

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) committed US$65M as a cornerstone investor (3.35m shares) in MiniMax's Hong Kong IPO (~US$492M raise, ~US$6.5B valuation, priced end-Dec 2025); Alibaba was also a cornerstone investor. MiniMax builds multimodal text/audio/image/video models.

Structured fields

Host country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Middle East
AI segment
Large Models / Generative AI
Entry mode
M&A / Investment
Entry year
2025
Deployment status
Investment
Capital direction
Gulf->China (inbound investment)
Company group
MiniMax

Local partner

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Sovereign fundState-linked partner

Scale

ADIA US$65M of ~US$350M cornerstone tranche; IPO ~US$492M; ~US$6.5B valuation

Basis: mediaMagnitude marker: ~65,000,000 USD

Monetary fields mix investment, revenue and user metrics. Treat them as magnitude markers only — never sum them across records; defer to the verbatim wording and source above.

Sources & notes

Record note: ADIA $65M/3.35m shares, IPO $492M, ~$6.5B val, Alibaba co-cornerstone confirmed. Capital UAE->China.

Compiled from public reporting and company disclosures. Not legal or investment advice — cite the source link alongside any quotation.

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