# Microsoft MAI

> Foundational AI models for speech, images, code, reasoning

- Page on StartupList: https://startuplist.tech/launches/microsoft-mai
- Website: https://microsoft.ai/
- Category: AI Models
- Price: Contact
- Company: Microsoft (https://startuplist.tech/companies/microsoft-6)
- Used for: Write marketing copy, Ship code faster, Analyse data

## At a glance

- The problem it solves: Teams need accurate speech, images, code and security models they can build into their own work and tune to their data
- Who it's for: Businesses (B2B)

## About

Microsoft AI, shortened to MAI on the site, builds a family of AI models. The page lists them as MAI Transcribe 2, which turns noisy audio into transcripts; MAI Voice 2, which generates speech from text; MAI Image 2.6 and 2.7, which create images from text or photo prompts; MAI Code 1.1 Flash, a lightweight agentic coding model; MAI Thinking 1, built for complex reasoning; and MAI Cyber 1.1 Flash, a cybersecurity model used inside MDASH, a multi-agent vulnerability identification and remediation harness.

The company also offers Custom Models, where a business can fine-tune a model on its own data. The page says this gives full privacy and control over the result.

The models are built to fit into the Microsoft platforms many organisations already use. The site points to GitHub Copilot and VS Code for MAI Code, and says the models come with the security and responsibility commitments customers expect from Microsoft.

The page describes the models in terms of their results rather than prices. It cites Artificial Analysis and Arena rankings, FLEURS accuracy scores and SWE-Bench Pro results, and includes customer quotes from WPP and Shutterstock about image generation and model reliability.

The site also has a data and privacy section where a user can export a JSON copy of their conversations, messages, media references and feedback, or permanently delete them. Deletion does not touch a Microsoft account or data in other Microsoft products.

The page does not state pricing for the models, beyond saying some are offered at a lower or mid-weight price than alternatives. Teams interested in the models can get started from the site or explore job openings at MAI.

## Links

- [Microsoft MAI on StartupList](https://startuplist.tech/launches/microsoft-mai)
- [Website](https://microsoft.ai/)