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Pengyu Zhao

PZ

Executive Director and LLM Research Leader at MiniMax

Zhao leads MiniMax's LLM research and engineering and is a contributor to the MiniMax-01, M1, M2, and M3 model lines. Before MiniMax, he developed recommendation algorithms for streaming-media systems at Beijing Hulu Technology.

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Background

Current role
Executive Director and LLM Research Leader Aug 2023-present
Previously
Aug 2020-Jul 2023Research Software Development Engineer,
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Last editorial review: August 13, 2026