On June 11, 2026, Xiaomi released MiMo Code. It's an AI coding assistant that runs in the terminal, equipped with a persistent memory system. Through a triple mechanism of project memory, session checkpoints, and task progress tracking, it addresses the biggest pain point in AI-assisted coding—long sessions that "forget as you go."
On SWE-Bench Pro, MiMo Code scored 62%, beating Claude Code by 5 percentage points. On Terminal Bench 2, it achieved 73%, again leading the field. Developers finally have an AI coding partner that stays coherent across hundreds of interaction rounds.
But a bigger question immediately surfaces:
What about everyone else?
1. Long-Horizon Tasks Aren't Just for Developers
