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MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft AI's sparse MoE reasoning model (35B active, ~1T total) for complex tasks
MAI-Thinking-1 is an everyday model from Microsoft, released 12 August 2026. It's in preview. At Microsoft it costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $8.00 per million output tokens, with a 256K-token context window.
- Made by
- Microsoft (incl. Azure, GitHub)
- Released
- 2026-08-12
- Status
- Preview
- Tier
- Everyday
- Weights
- Closed
- Context window
- 256,000 tokens
- Max output
- 64,000 tokens
- Input
- text
- API id
MAI-Thinking-1
MAI-Thinking-1 price at Microsoft
US dollars per million tokens. Blended is 3 input tokens for every output token, one number to compare on.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Blended | Batch | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft · maker | $2.00 | $8.00 | $0.20 | $3.50 | – | 2026-11-09 |
- Microsoft: Microsoft Foundry, Global deployment (US East), public preview. US Gov regions $2.50 / $0.25 cached / $10. Context 256,000 tokens and output up to 64,000 tokens, per Foundry's model list. No batch price listed.
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MAI-Thinking-1 FAQ
How much does MAI-Thinking-1 cost?
MAI-Thinking-1 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $8.00 per million output tokens at Microsoft, and $0.20 per million cached input tokens. Prices are list prices in US dollars, last checked 9 November 2026.
What is MAI-Thinking-1's context window?
MAI-Thinking-1 takes up to 256,000 tokens in one request and writes up to 64,000 tokens in one response.
Is MAI-Thinking-1 open weight?
No. MAI-Thinking-1 is only available through Microsoft's API; Microsoft doesn't publish the weights.
Where can I use MAI-Thinking-1?
MAI-Thinking-1 is available from Microsoft. At Microsoft, call it as MAI-Thinking-1.