ClosedPaid

Hailuo AI

MiniMax

Hailuo AI is a video generation model line from MiniMax. The latest release is MiniMax H3 Max (30 Aug 2026). This page tracks all 6 Hailuo AI releases since 2 Oct 2024, with specs, licensing, and how to access each one. Official site →

MiniMax H3 Max

~ 30 Aug 2026

ClosedPaidOfficial APICommunity API

Higher-quality, hosted-only tier of H3. Landed on Vercel AI Gateway 2026-08-30; fal's 'H3 Max Live' (2026-09-01) streams it continuously for effectively unbounded generation

License: Proprietary
Commercial use: Allowed
Availability: Official API, Community API

No MiniMax announcement page located; dated to the Vercel AI Gateway listing. H3 base weights are open (see the H3 row); Max is API-only, hence weights: closed.

MiniMax H3

31 Jul 2026

Open weightsFreemiumOfficial APICommunity APISelf-hostConsumer app

Omni-modal single-stream transformer: text/image/video/audio in, video with native 32kHz stereo audio out at up to 2K/24fps; omni-reference control (up to 9 images, 3 videos, 3 audio clips per generation); #1 in Video Editing with audio on Artificial Analysis at launch

License: MiniMax H3 Community License
Commercial use: Allowed
Availability: Official API, Community API, Self-host, Consumer app
Parameters: 33B
Resolution: 2K
Max duration: 15s

Announced and API-launched 2026-07-31; full weights published on Hugging Face (MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3) 2026-08-03 with same-day ComfyUI support. 'Hailuo 3.0' is a community nickname - MiniMax only uses 'H3'. Community License allows free non-commercial use and commercial use under $20M annual revenue, but excludes local deployment in the US, EU, UK, and South Korea (usage-rights application required) - hence open weights with commercial caveats.

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