MiniMax M2.7 is now open weights, just over three weeks after launching with a score of 50 in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. However, MiniMax is releasing the model with a non-commercial license.

At 230B total with 10B active parameters, M2.7 is ~3.3x smaller than the leading open weights model GLM-5.1 (754B / 40B active) and has ~4x fewer active parameters. This makes M2.7 a highly compelling option for self-deployment, and leads to hosted inference being ~4x cheaper across providers.

MiniMax’s decision to restrict commercial usage the M2.7 weights may be part of an emerging trend in how Chinese labs are approaching open source. Proprietary model releases in recent weeks from Chinese labs have included Xiaomi’s MiMo V2 Pro and Alibaba’s Qwen3.6 Plus.

Look out for an update on M2.7 providers soon!