
MiniMax‑Hailuo‑02 API is an asynchronous, HTTP‑based service from MiniMax that lets developers generate professional‑grade, cinematic videos from either text or image prompts.Built on a diffusion‑transformer backbone, MiniMax‑Hailuo‑02 delivers photorealistic visuals, advanced physics simulation, and director‑level camera controls with consistent character rendering, and it ranks #2 globally on the Artificial Analysis benchmark.

MiniMax, a leading Chinese AI startup, has officially launched Hailuo 02, the latest iteration of its cutting-edge text-to-video engine This model sets a new