Xiaomi MiMo-v2.5 price drops 99% – AI pricing war

Xiaomi didn’t just trim prices on its MiMo-v2.5 artificial intelligence service — it dropped them off a cliff, with cuts of up to 99% and a big boost to user credits starting May 27. In plain English: using its chatbot-style AI just got wildly cheaper, and anyone with credits is getting a major refill. But the real spectacle is in the comments, where people are treating this less like a sale and more like the opening scene of a corporate cage match.

One camp sees a simple explanation: Xiaomi wants data, fast. As one commenter bluntly put it, users may be “training the product,” meaning the company could be selling access dirt-cheap just to get more people using it and improving it. Another hot theory points to cheap electricity in China, with commenters wondering whether lower energy costs are helping power this dramatic price war. And then came the cynics, who instantly turned the whole thing into a meme about the modern tech playbook: slash prices, crush rivals, then jack them back up later and make everything worse.

Even the number-crunchers got in on the drama, posting exact price tables like they were exposing a scandal on a napkin. Meanwhile, one user redirected everyone to another thread “with many more comments,” which is internet code for: the argument is spreading. The mood? Equal parts amazement, suspicion, and popcorn-grabbing delight.