🔥 MiniMax Multimodal Stack Hackathon - SF X B.E.L.L.E, $1000 Cash Prize!
🚀 B.E.L.L.E × MiniMax
Full-Day Hackathon · San Francisco
Join us for a full-day, in-person hackathon in San Francisco, hosted by B.E.L.L.E and MiniMax, where innovation meets execution.
💰 $1,000+ in cash prizes
🎁 Additional MiniMax tech prizes
☕🍕 Free coffee & lunch for all participants
Bring your best ideas, your boldest architectures, and your vision for a multimodal, agentic future.
💫 About MiniMax
The Multimodal Engine for the Agentic Era
While others focus on single-mode wrappers, MiniMax delivers full-stack infrastructure for true multimodal application development.
From ultra-long context reasoning and high-performance coding with MiniMax M2.2, to professional-grade cinematic output with Hailuo Video, MiniMax models are built for real-world complexity and agentic workflows.
We’re coming to San Francisco to challenge the city’s top builders to push our APIs to the limit.
🧠 About MiniMax M2.2
State-of-the-art coding performance
SOTA on SWE VIBE / Multi-SWE
Outperforms leading models
Beats Gemini 3 Pro & Claude Sonnet 4.5
Massive MoE architecture
10B active parameters, 230B total parameters (MoE)
🎙️ MiniMax Speech — Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Human, Ultra-Smart ⚡
Ultra-Fast
<250 ms latency for real-time conversational interactions 💬
Ultra-Smart text normalization
Handles URLs, emails, dates, numbers & more 🎙️
Ultra-Human voice generation
Full voice clone + Fluent LoRA for natural, expressive, effortless speech
Global language support
40+ languages with seamless inline code-switching 🌍
🎵 MiniMax Music — Your AI Composer, Singer & Producer
Lifelike vocals across styles & emotions
Expressive singing with human-level nuance 🎤
Rich genre coverage
Pop, jazz, blues, rock, folk — including duets & a cappella 🎶
Full-length compositions
Up to 5-minute tracks with multi-instrument control 🪄
Professional-grade sound quality
Studio-level output ready for production ✨
Precise musical expression control
Fine-grained control over melody, rhythm, and emotion 🎼
🎬 Hailuo Video
Breakthroughs in movement, expression & physical realism
Smoother, sharper, and more alive
Best-in-class instruction following
Accurately understands and executes complex prompts
Extreme physics handling
Yes, it does acrobatics 🤹
Native 1080p output
Start / End Frame control
Start where you want. End where you choose.
🎁 Why You Should Join
Learn cutting-edge tools and workflows in the AI developer ecosystem
Build faster with expert guidance from MiniMax and community mentors
Leave with high-quality, production-ready software
💰 Prizes ($1,000+ Total)
🥇 1st Place – $400 cash + $200 MiniMax API credits
🥈 2nd Place – $300 cash + $100 MiniMax API credits
🥉 3rd Place – $200 cash + $100 MiniMax API credits
🎖️ Best Use of MiniMax Multimodal Models – $100 cash + $100 MiniMax API credits
👕 All winning teams receive premium MiniMax merch (T-shirt & hat)
🕘 Schedule
09:00 AM – Doors Open & Check-In
10:00 AM – Intro & Challenge Briefing
10:15 AM – MiniMax API Lightning Workshop + Q&A
10:30 AM – Team Formation & Build Sprint
12:00 PM – Lunch
05:30–07:00 PM – Submissions & Demo Expo
08:00–08:30 PM – Final Demos (Top Teams)
08:30–09:00 PM – Awards & Closing Remarks
🛠️ Rules
🎶 Mandatory: Projects must use at least one MiniMax model
(Text, Speech, Music, or Video)
🎬 Social Proof: To be eligible for prizes, teams must post a
60-second demo clip on X or LinkedIn tagging @MiniMax and @B.E.L.L.E
👩💻 Code Submission: GitHub repo or README required for verification
💡 Existing or previously started projects are welcome
👥 Teams of up to 3 people (existing teams allowed)
📍 In-person only
❤️ Respect & inclusion are mandatory — this is a safe space for bold ideas
🔗 Tech Stack & Resources
💸 Apply for FREE MiniMax API credits before the event:
https://forms.gle/nojsxH8YpbiZTHnh9
📘 MiniMax API Documentation:
https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/models-intro
🧑⚖️ Judges & judging criteria: Coming soon
🌐 MiniMax Links
MiniMax X (Twitter): https://x.com/MiniMax_AI
Hailuo Video: https://hailuoai.video
MiniMax Audio & Music: https://minimax.io/audio
MiniMax Website: https://minimax.io
Let’s build the future together — fast, reliable, and exciting AI-powered software.
🔥 Ready to hack? Let’s go! 🚀
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🧩 About the Hosts
B.E.L.L.E
We are B.E.L.L.E (Boundless; Entrepreneurship; Liberty; Liaison; Empowerment), a community of entrepreneurs dedicated to breaking boundaries and building futures.
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