ChinaNvidia and Pika now build on MiniMax’s Chinese video model.
H3’s free licence excludes the US, EU, UK and South Korea, so firms there must negotiate.
H3 has over 24 million downloads since August, but users whose products earn over $20 million a year need MiniMax’s written permission.
Whether H3 becomes a standard base depends on MiniMax’s updates, licensing and partnerships holding up.
How each outlet framed it
- Zhidx
- details MiniMax H3's community license, which requires a paid grant for commercial products above $20M annual revenue and excludes US, EU, UK and Korea
Sources: Zhidx