New MiniMax M2.7 proprietary AI model is ‘self-evolving’ and can perform 30-50% of reinforcement learning research workflow
FeaturedCarl Franzen March 18, 2026 Credit: VentureBeat made with Google Gemini 3.1 Pro ImageIn the last few years, Chinese AI startup MiniMax has become one of the most exciting in the crowded global AI marketplace, carving out a reputation for delivering frontier-level large language models (LLMs) with open source licenses and before that, high-quality AI video generation models (Hailuo). The release of MiniMax M2.7 today — a new proprietary LLM designed to perform well powering AI agents and as the backend to third-party harnesses and tools like Claude Code, Kilo Code and OpenClaw — marks yet a new milestone: Rather than relying solely on human-led fine-tuning, MiniMax has leveraged M2.7 to build, monitor, and optimize its own reinforcement learning harnesses. This move toward…
