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MiniMax Hailuo Showcases AI-Powered Creative Vision at Cannes During WAIFF 2026
United States, 11th May 2026, – Imagination is Imagination is the New Frontier of Creation—Hailuo in Cannes
As a global partner of World AI Film Festival (WAIFF 2026) and the co-initiator of the Chinese Special Track, MiniMax Hailuo took the center stage in Cannes.
All greatness in human history begins with creation. We unveiled our 2026 brand video—brought to life by our multimodal models—dedicated to the audience in Cannes and to every soul brave enough to create, to embark, and to evolve.
Where Technology Meets Tradition: Reimagining Eastern Aesthetics in Cannes.
MiniMax Hailuo and Stellar Pictures have joined forces to create the animated music video The Fleeting Beauty, featuring a special vocal performance by singer Esther Yu.
The project achieves a mastery of intricate light and subtle expression, weaving ink-wash textures and classical Chinese symbols into a fluid cinematic language. Through the lens of AI, it bridging the gap between ancient ink-wash traditions and the future of digital expression.
“Watching and hearing my music in such a special stage is truly special,” shared Esther Yu. “In any creative work, emotion is the heartbeat. No matter how the medium evolves, it is always the soul of the story that ultimately moves people.”
“I don’t view AI as a force that changes culture; rather, it is a breakthrough technology that allows fantasy.” said Yixu Wang, Founder and CEO of Stellar Pictures. “We remain committed to deep-rooting AI—not just to enhance visual realism, but to give Eastern aesthetics a more vivid expression. By extending these capabilities into high-end animation, we aim to push the very boundaries of what imagination can achieve.”
Technology Answers the “How,” but Humans Answer “What is good.”
On the stage of Cannes, we engaged with global creators on a topic: The history of creation has been a history of compromise. For too long, creators have sacrificed their vision due to the limitations of tools.
Our mission is not just to provide tools, but to build a bridge between a creator’s mind and the screen. We believe the only limit to a film should be the director’s taste and inspiration, not the boundaries of technical capability.
Our panel also featured the internationally renowned AI creative team, The Dor Brothers, who showcased their latest collaboration with Hailuo, Death Lane.
When watching the film, people’s first instinct isn’t to ask about “What model was used?” or “What was the prompt?” —it is to wonder: Where does the story go next?
The Dor Brothers are pioneers in merging wild imagination with technology. As Yonatan Dor shared on stage: “The biggest challenge in creation is performance. Technology will always scale new heights, but great content is rooted in human emotional connection. AI will never truly replace the creator. There is a world of difference between viral hits and high-quality storytelling; only the latter endures.”
From ink-wash animation to avant-garde experimental videos, our video model-Hailuo carries both the expression of traditional eastern aesthetics and the diverse dreams of global creators.
Ruby Yang, Oscar-voting member and winner of the 79th Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, has been observing the growth of AI cinema through the professional eye of a veteran filmmaker. At Palais des Festivals, Professor Yang presented the “MiniMax Hailuo× BEST AI FEATURE FILM” award to Napoleon III: Le Prix de l’Audace. 
From São Paulo to Seoul, Kyoto to Beijing, and finally to Cannes—over the past few months, we have accompanied creators from across the globe through five major milestones, journeying from the very first frame to the steps of the Palais. Out of nearly 2,000 submissions from China, we brought 25 award-winning works directly to Cannes to be screened alongside the world’s most elite stage, also providing creators with opportunities to engage with international distributors and producers, securing potential support for future project development.
Among the highlights, A Dollar Story by Chinese director Sheng Qiu clutched the ‘BEST AI ACTION FILM’ award in the main competition. Qiu shared his reflections: “The most moving moment was watching the whole film with the audience at the Théâtre Debussy. It has been a dreamlike journey, and I look forward to even more wondrous encounters with AI.”
Moving forward, we will launch a dedicated WAIFF showcase on our official website and app, featuring a curated selection of global entries—bringing the magic of Cannes directly to your screen. 
From a single spark of inspiration to the stage of Cannes, we have walked alongside creators as more than just a “tool” or a “model”. We are here to liberate creation from the constraints of technology and let imagination take center stage.
Greatness Starts with Creation. Imagination is Productivity.
Intelligence with Everyone.
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Cryptorefills launches x402 payments for AI agents, publishes agentic commerce reference
USDC payments on Base for AI agents at checkout, alongside open-source documentation of how merchants run agent-driven commerce.
Amsterdam, May 11th 2026, ZEX PR WIRE, 15:00 CEST. Cryptorefills has enabled x402 payments at checkout, allowing AI agents to pay for gift cards, mobile top-ups and eSIMs using USDC on the Base network. The protocol, developed by Coinbase and Cloudflare, lets autonomous software settle stablecoin transactions programmatically. Cryptorefills has also published an open-source operations reference for the merchant operations layer of agentic commerce.
x402 lets a software agent receive an HTTP 402 Payment Required response from a merchant, settle the requested amount in stablecoin, and complete the transaction in a single automated exchange. For Cryptorefills, checkout becomes a programmable endpoint that agents can call directly.
The x402 launch adds a second agent-payment rail to the platform. Cryptorefills released its Model Context Protocol server in October 2025, allowing agents to discover products, build orders, and complete purchases through MCP. x402 addresses a different pattern: the agent calls a Cryptorefills endpoint, receives payment terms, settles in USDC, and completes the request in one round trip. The two rails serve different agent contexts and run in parallel.
“We shipped x402 and open-sourced our merchant operations work in the same week on purpose. One is a payment rail, while the other is what a merchant needs around it to accept agent traffic. Agentic commerce is happening, and very little about the second part has been written down,” said Massimiliano Silenzi, CEO of Cryptorefills. “We’ve been running stablecoin checkout since 2018, and a lot of what we learned there carries over. We chose to publish what we’ve learned and continue building the rest openly.”
The reference repository, available at github.com/Cryptorefills/agentic-commerce, covers the operations surface that surrounds the protocol stack. Topics include catalogue discovery for agent buyers, settlement reconciliation across chains, quote-and-pricing handling, and delivery confirmations. Documentation is released under CC0; example code is Apache 2.0.
“In the repository we just open-sourced there are nine playbooks, the TypeScript schemas behind them, and five runnable examples. Two of them connect to our live MCP and x402 endpoints, so a developer can clone the repository and watch the agent-merchant exchange execute against production,” said Simonluca Landi, CTO of Cryptorefills.
Cryptorefills serves AI agents through three of the field’s emerging standards: MCP for context, Agent Skills for capability publishing, and x402 for stablecoin settlement.
About Cryptorefills
Cryptorefills enables people in over 180 countries to spend cryptocurrency on everyday products and services. Categories include gift cards from over 6,600 brands, mobile top-ups across 600 operators, eSIMs, flights across 300 airlines, and stays at over 1 million hotels and properties. The platform supports stablecoin checkout across Base, Ethereum, Tron, Solana, Polygon, and other major networks, alongside Bitcoin and Lightning. It is among the first ecommerce companies to integrate AI-agent payment standards including MCP, Agent Skills, and x402.
Operating publicly since 2018 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Cryptorefills is a member of the Holland Fintech Association and Blockchain Netherlands Foundation.
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Collaboration to focus on cost-effective capture and mineralization of biogenic CO₂ in Europe
Korea South, 11th May 2026, – SEOUL, South Korea & KORTRIJK, Belgium – South Korea’s ICEnergy and Belgium-based Emicap have partnered to deploy cryogenic carbon capture systems targeting biogenic CO₂ in Europe. The partnership combines ICEnergy’s proprietary capture technology with Emicap’s cryogenic R&D and market access, supported by Emicap’s sister company, LM Engineering, which provides industrial engineering and execution capabilities.
Dr. Sungho Park(icenergy0805@gmail.com), CEO of ICEnergy, stated that he hopes this partnership will enable ICEnergy and Emicap to take a further step toward realizing carbon neutrality in the European market. The collaboration comes at a pivotal moment following the successful demonstration of ICEnergy’s technology. Amid a rapidly expanding European market for biogenic CO₂ solutions, early deployment is critical to secure access to high-quality feedstocks and permanent storage pathways.
ICEnergy recently demonstrated a 10 ton/day cryogenic carbon capture system for both onshore and marine applications. The system converts flue gas CO2 directly into dry ice, avoiding the need for conventional separation and liquefaction steps. A key feature of the electrically driven process is the internal recovery and reuse of cold energy. By recycling this energy, external demand is reduced and consumption is focused on CO₂ conversion, resulting in approximately 30% lower energy use compared to conventional systems, supporting a low lifecycle carbon footprint.
Emicap integrates cryogenic CO2 capture with downstream applications by coupling emission sources from Waste-to-Energy and biomass plants to the carbonation of alkaline industrial residues such as steel slags and fly ash. To ensure seamless site-specific deployment, Emicap applies its cryogenic R&D expertise to tailor ICEnergy’s capture systems for these European industrial plants. This integration enables the permanent storage of CO2 while upgrading captured emissions and industrial residues into supplementary cementitious materials for use in low-carbon construction. By operating across the full value chain, Emicap helps offset capture costs, reducing reliance on institutional subsidies.
The partners are targeting removal of up to 200 kilotons of CO₂ annually by 2035, positioning the collaboration to contribute to industrial-scale, net-negative emissions.
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Email:
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Contact Number: 82313307852
Country:Korea South
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Collaboration to focus on cost-effective capture and mineralization of biogenic CO₂ in Europe
Korea South, 11th May 2026, – SEOUL, South Korea & KORTRIJK, Belgium – South Korea’s ICEnergy and Belgium-based Emicap have partnered to deploy cryogenic carbon capture systems targeting biogenic CO₂ in Europe. The partnership combines ICEnergy’s proprietary capture technology with Emicap’s cryogenic R&D and market access, supported by Emicap’s sister company, LM Engineering, which provides industrial engineering and execution capabilities.
Dr. Sungho Park(icenergy0805@gmail.com), CEO of ICEnergy, stated that he hopes this partnership will enable ICEnergy and Emicap to take a further step toward realizing carbon neutrality in the European market. The collaboration comes at a pivotal moment following the successful demonstration of ICEnergy’s technology. Amid a rapidly expanding European market for biogenic CO₂ solutions, early deployment is critical to secure access to high-quality feedstocks and permanent storage pathways.
ICEnergy recently demonstrated a 10 ton/day cryogenic carbon capture system for both onshore and marine applications. The system converts flue gas CO2 directly into dry ice, avoiding the need for conventional separation and liquefaction steps. A key feature of the electrically driven process is the internal recovery and reuse of cold energy. By recycling this energy, external demand is reduced and consumption is focused on CO₂ conversion, resulting in approximately 30% lower energy use compared to conventional systems, supporting a low lifecycle carbon footprint.
Emicap integrates cryogenic CO2 capture with downstream applications by coupling emission sources from Waste-to-Energy and biomass plants to the carbonation of alkaline industrial residues such as steel slags and fly ash. To ensure seamless site-specific deployment, Emicap applies its cryogenic R&D expertise to tailor ICEnergy’s capture systems for these European industrial plants. This integration enables the permanent storage of CO2 while upgrading captured emissions and industrial residues into supplementary cementitious materials for use in low-carbon construction. By operating across the full value chain, Emicap helps offset capture costs, reducing reliance on institutional subsidies.
The partners are targeting removal of up to 200 kilotons of CO₂ annually by 2035, positioning the collaboration to contribute to industrial-scale, net-negative emissions.
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Website:
https://www.icenergy.co.kr/
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icenergy0805@gmail.com
Contact Number: 82313307852
Country:Korea South
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Cryptorefills launches x402 payments for AI agents, publishes agentic commerce reference
Emicap, ICEnergy Forge Partnership to Accelerate European Carbon Capture Deployments
Emicap, ICEnergy Forge Partnership to Accelerate European Carbon Capture Deployments
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