Xiaomi is reportedly developing a new smart question-and-answer assistant called “Mi Chat,” showcasing its growing expertise in artificial intelligence. According to a leak detailing the development of this consumer-facing application, initially developed by a public WeChat account called “Du Jia,” the first version is already complete. This application is expected to be powered by Xiaomi’s proprietary large language model, MiMo-7B-RL, which the company launched earlier this year as part of its AI expansion strategy.
MiMo Model Outperforms Rival Giants
Despite having only 7 billion parameters, the MiMo model has already garnered attention by outperforming larger competitors like OpenAI’s o1-mini and Alibaba’s Qwen QwQ-32B-Preview in significant benchmark tests. Its superior performance, particularly in benchmarks like AIME 24/25 and LiveCodeBench v5, has proven the model’s efficiency and power.
Xiaomi is expected to further scale up this model, and Mi Chat is likely to serve as an interface that brings the company’s advanced reasoning capabilities to everyday consumer scenarios.
This initiative supports Xiaomi’s broader strategy of integrating AI with the ‘Human x Vehicle x Home’ ecosystem. Xiaomi Co-Chair and President Lu Weibing confirmed that the company has made significant investments in AI for several quarters, noting that the large-scale model development process has exceeded expectations. Weibing emphasized that Xiaomi’s next strategic goal is the deep integration of AI with the physical world.
Founder Lei Jun is also reportedly playing a direct role in strengthening the AI team. Luo Fuli, a key figure who joined the MiMo department this year and transferred from DeepSeek, is a contributing author on a new scientific paper published in collaboration with Peking University, demonstrating the company’s growing academic strength in this field.
