MiniMax M2 now available for free in Vercel AI Gateway
MiniMax M2 is now free on Vercel AI Gateway through November. Efficient agentic model with 10B active parameters — no extra provider accounts needed.
Why it matters
Vercel democratizes access to an open-source agentic model by integrating it into AI Gateway with unified API support, lowering friction for developers to experiment with alternative models beyond OpenAI/Anthropic.
The key facts
9 to knowMiniMax M2 free access until Nov 7, 2025
10B active parameters per forward pass
Integrated into Vercel AI Gateway with unified API
Built-in observability, BYOK support, intelligent provider routing
Designed for agentic use cases
MiniMax M2 available free via Vercel AI Gateway until Nov 7, 2025
10B active parameters per forward pass (efficiency metric)
Single unified API across providers, no separate account required
Features: observability, BYOK support, intelligent provider routing with automatic retries
Go to the source
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Publisher excerpt: You can now access MiniMax's latest open source model, MiniMax M2 using Vercel's with no other provider accounts required. The model is free to use until Nov 7th, 2025. Focused on agentic use, Minimax M2 is very efficient to serve, with only 10B active parameters per forward pass. AI Gateway AI…