China AI firm MiniMax soars 50% in Hong Kong debut


SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: Chinese artificial intelligence model developer MiniMax Group jumped 50% in ‌its Hong Kong market ⁠debut on Friday after raising HK$4.8​bil ($620mil).

Founded in early 2022 by former SenseTime executive Yan Junjie, Shanghai-based MiniMax develops AI models that can process text, audio, ‍images, ⁠video and ‍music.

It ​plans to ⁠use majority of its proceeds to fund research and development.

Shares of the company ‍were trading ‍at HK$248, versus ‌its offer price of HK$165.00 each.

Its positive reception ⁠follows strong Hong Kong debuts on Thursday for three Chinese ⁠technology firms which raised a combined $1.19bil. - Reuters

(Reporting by Yantoultra Ngui in Singapore, Yiming Shen in Shanghai ‍and Kane Wu in ⁠Hong Kong; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

 

 

 

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