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MiniMax launches M3.1 Flash, confirming Space Bunny was an early build

MiniMax released M3.1 Flash, a 428B-parameter MoE model with about 23B active parameters and 1M-token context, priced at $0.15/$0.60 per 1M tokens, with weights due October 23. The company confirmed Space Bunny was an early build of the model.

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Timeline · 12 reports

  1. 2026-10-19 18:22 · The Decoder
    MiniMax M3.1 Flash shows China's AI price race has no floor in sight
  2. 2026-10-19 15:50 · Unite.AI
    MiniMax Launches M3.1 Flash, Revealing Space Bunny Stealth Model
  3. 2026-10-19 15:30 · Techmeme
    MiniMax launches M3.1 Flash, saying it delivers "a generational leap" in agentic tasks, coding, computer use, and cybersecurity, with weights due October 23 (MiniMax)
  4. 2026-10-19 13:46 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Minimax M3.1 Flash is 428B 23a
  5. 2026-10-19 12:52 · r/machinelearningnews
    MiniMax just introduced M3.1 Flash: 428B MoE (~23B active), 1M context, $0.15/$0.60 per 1M tokens, and Space Bunny was an early build of it
  6. 2026-10-19 12:37 · MarkTechPost
    MiniMax Just Launched M3.1 Flash: 428B MoE Agentic Model at $0.15/M Input
  7. 2026-10-19 12:16 · AlphaSignal
    MiniMax Reveals M3.1 Flash Was Secret 'Space Bunny' That Processed 200 Trillion Tokens
  8. 2026-10-19 12:01 · r/LocalLLaMA
    MiniMax M3.1 Flash released, Model weights Oct 23
  9. 2026-10-19 10:05 · r/LocalLLaMA
    MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is coming
  10. 2026-10-19 09:40 · r/Bard
    Space BUNNY was Minimax M3.1-Flash
  11. 2026-10-19 09:38 · r/OpenAI
    Minimax M3-Flash is Space Bunny after all
  12. 2026-10-19 00:00 · Vercel Blog
    MiniMax M3.1 Flash now available on AI Gateway for free

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