LaunchAI ModelsJuly 22, 2026
MiniMax M3 is live on Starchild

M3 is a long-context model designed for multi-step tasks, tool use, and reasoning. It's cheaper to run than comparable frontier models. Support for local inference with vision (MSA) has been merged into llama.cpp.
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