minimax

American  

[min-uh-maks] / ˈmɪn əˌmæks /

noun

1. a strategy of game theory employed to minimize a player's maximum possible loss.

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minimax British  

/ ˈmɪnɪˌmæks /

noun

1. maths the lowest of a set of maximum values

2. (in game theory, etc) the procedure of choosing the strategy that least benefits the most advantaged member of a group Compare maximin

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Etymology

Origin of minimax

First recorded in 1940–45; mini(mum) + max(imum)

Example Sentences

Shares of Tencent rose 7.3% on Tuesday after it launched a suite of OpenClaw-compatible AI products, while shares of startup MiniMax added over 20% as investors expect it to become a key beneficiary to OpenClaw adoption.

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Chinese artificial-intelligence startup MiniMax’s annual revenue surged, though losses widened, a result that is likely to be welcomed by investors who have piled into the stock since it went public earlier this year.

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The results are MiniMax’s first since the generative AI company went public in Hong Kong in January.

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The rally in MiniMax and other promising AI startups comes as Chinese tech companies have been competing to roll out increasingly advanced large-language models.

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In February, MiniMax unveiled a model designed to complete office work that it says matches the speed of Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 in performing complicated agentic tasks.

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