MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft · MAI Thinking line · flagship
New linefirst release Aug 12, 2026 — no rhythm to measure yet
Released Aug 12, 2026 · what changed →Days since last release
Days since last release
MAI-Thinking-1 · Aug 12, 2026
55
days
The newest MAI Thinking model is MAI-Thinking-1, released on August 12, 2026. It is the first model in this line, so there is no release rhythm to measure yet.
Where the line stands
How long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.
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Every MAI Thinking release
Newest first — what each version changed versus the one before, in Microsoft's own numbers.
Aug
12
Microsoft AI's first in-house reasoning model, open to everyone as a public preview in Microsoft Foundry.
Solves about 19 in 20 hard competition math problems
AIME 2026 — hard math contest problems for top high-school students
94.5%
✦ first model in this line — nothing earlier to compare
Sources: Microsoft AI