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MAI-Thinking-1
MAI-Thinking-1 is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 12 August 2026. It is in preview. It takes text and returns text.
MAI-Thinking-1 is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 12 August 2026. It is in preview. It takes text and returns text. Its context window is 256,000 tokens. Its longest answer is 64,000 tokens.
- Released
- 12 August 2026 — microsoft.ai, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Preview — microsoft.ai, read 16 October 2026
- Takes
- Text — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Text — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- No — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- Not confirmed: The official model pages reviewed do not state the licence’s own name.
- Context window
- 256,000 tokens — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Longest answer
- 64,000 tokens — ai.azure.com, read 16 October 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The official model pages reviewed do not print a knowledge-cutoff date.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: The official pricing page lists MAI-Thinking-1 Global but displays “$-” rather than an input price amount.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: The official pricing page lists MAI-Thinking-1 Global but displays “$-” rather than an output price amount.
- Where
- API — learn.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 1000000000000 and 35000000000
- Model card
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: https://ai.azure.com/catalog/models/MAI-Thinking-1 and https://microsoft.ai/pdf/MAI-Thinking-1-Model-Card.PDF
Questions
When was MAI-Thinking-1 released?
Microsoft released MAI-Thinking-1 on 12 August 2026.
Is MAI-Thinking-1 still available?
It is in preview: Microsoft has not made it generally available yet.
What is the context window of MAI-Thinking-1?
The context window of MAI-Thinking-1 is 256,000 tokens, as Microsoft prints it.
Are the weights of MAI-Thinking-1 open?
No: Microsoft does not publish the weights of MAI-Thinking-1.
What does MAI-Thinking-1 take and return?
MAI-Thinking-1 takes text and returns text.
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Sources
- Introducing MAI-Thinking-1 (read 16 October 2026)
- MAI-Thinking-1 | Model Catalog | Microsoft Foundry (read 16 October 2026)
- Deploy and use MAI-Thinking-1 in Microsoft Foundry (preview) (read 16 October 2026)
- Foundry Models Pricing | Microsoft Azure (read 16 October 2026)