MiniMax M2.1 Workshop & Dinner
MiniMax × AI Valley, Co-Hosted with HAC.ai
Join us for an intimate, high-signal evening for exceptional builders and engineers, featuring a session from MiniMax centered on their latest M2.1 model, paired with a frontier model company guest speaker (TBA), followed by a curated builder dinner.
The event is co-hosted with HAC.ai at the Hanwha AI Center in San Francisco.
Spots are limited to preserve a high-signal experience. Application and approval required.
MiniMax M2.1 Benchmark Highlights
MiniMax M2.1 achieves state-of-the-art performance among open-source models across reasoning, planning, and agentic benchmarks, positioning it competitively alongside frontier closed models.
Who it’s for
Engineers, founders, and technical builders working with AIPeople who value depth, craft, and real-world impact
Why attend
Learn how MiniMax M2.1 is designed and positioned as an open, production-ready frontier modelUnderstand practical tradeoffs in model performance, evaluation, and deployment through real-world discussionSee how M2.1 can be used or tested in applied settings, with optional demos or walkthroughsHear a complementary frontier perspective from another top AI organizationConnect with exceptional builders in a thoughtfully curated, technical environment
🗓️ Schedule
6:00 – 6:15 PM — Arrival & Welcome
6:15 – 6:55 PM — Applied AI Workshop (MiniMax)
6:55 – 7:25 PM — Talk & Q&A (Industry Expert)
7:30 – 9:00 PM — Builder DinnerAI Valley is a high-signal community for exceptional builders, founders, and creators—rooted in supporting immigrant and first-generation talent, and open to anyone serious about building real things. We curate environments where ambitious people meet collaborators, mentors, and opportunities through hackathons, competitive builds, workshops, and intimate gatherings across AI, tech, and the arts. If you care about who you build with as much as what you build, this is your place.
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