Xiaomi's Mimo and DeepSeek explain how they cut prices while keeping fat margins
Xiaomi's official Mimo v2.5 blog post explains how the company optimized (the process of running a trained AI model to generate answers) to keep prices low while still earning 2-3x s. The poster compares Mimo and , noting Mimo does better at coding tasks while has stronger .
xAI is also pushing low-cost , but the poster rates Mimo and DeepSeek's approach as better. The hope expressed is that future models will reach much higher capability at the same cost as today's , which the poster thinks would already be enough for most everyday use.
Key points
- Xiaomi's official Mimo v2.5 blog explains its approach
- Claims 2-3x s even at low prices
- Mimo said to be better at coding, better at
- xAI is also competing on low-cost