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MAI-Thinking-1

Microsoft · MAI Thinking line · flagship

Released August 12, 2026Latest in the line

MAI-Thinking-1 was released by Microsoft on August 12, 2026, as a flagship model in the MAI Thinking line.

  • Release 1 of 1 in the MAI Thinking line.
  • The first release in this line.
  • Still the newest model in the line.

What changed

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

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Where the MAI Thinking line stands

MAI-Thinking-1 is the current model in this line. The card shows 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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