MiniMax launches managed always-on MaxClaw AI Agent

MiniMax has officially launched MaxClaw, a new mode inside MiniMax Agent that provides users with a fully operational, always-on AI agent powered by OpenClaw in under 10 seconds. There's no need for model deployment, API setup, or extra costs beyond your subscription. Simply log in, hit deploy, connect your preferred messaging app, and you're live.

MaxClaw is essentially the managed, cloud-hosted version of OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework that surpassed 100,000 GitHub stars earlier this year. It now runs natively on MiniMax's latest model, M2.5. This model was specifically built for agentic workloads, not just single-turn conversations, and that distinction is significant. M2.5 scores 80.2% on SWE-Bench Verified, 51.3% on Multi-SWE-Bench, placing it at the forefront of multilingual coding, and achieves 76.3% on BrowseComp for search and tool use. It completes tasks 37% faster than its predecessor M2.1, processes 100 tokens per second (approximately twice as fast as leading competitors), and accomplishes all of this at $0.15 per complex task compared to $3.00 for Claude Opus 4.6. For teams that run numerous agent tasks daily, this difference is substantial.

What MaxClaw truly unlocks is access to over 10,000 pre-configured Experts covering a wide range of functions, from viral content hunting and trend tracking to multi-agent research teams and financial modeling workflows. These are not mere templates to tweak in a config file. You deploy them with one click, and they run seamlessly. The full-stack built-in toolkit includes image and video understanding, web extraction, visual search, text-to-image and text-to-video generation, and automated deployment, all without the need for external API keys. Deliverables sync to a web dashboard, ensuring that a task initiated from Telegram at 2am is ready for review on your desktop by morning.

MiniMax Agent, the platform powering all of this, is positioning itself as an AI-native workspace for individuals and teams who want to build without writing a single line of code. Its Desktop Cowork feature operates directly on macOS and Windows (a significant advantage over Claude Cowork, which remains macOS-only and restricted to Max and Pro subscribers). It connects local files, email, calendars, GitLab repositories, and logs with full on-device processing and zero external data transmission. For teams within organizations with strict IT procurement constraints, the Windows-first availability alone is a major advantage.

MaxClaw is available now at agent.minimax.io for $19, which includes comprehensive pre-trained Experts, no additional API fees, 200 free credits daily on login, and a cross-platform MiniMax Agent membership.