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Microsoft Introduces MAI-Thinking-1, a New Reasoning Model

Microsoft AI has unveiled MAI-Thinking-1, a 35B-active, ~1T-total parameter sparse Mixture of Experts (MoE) model. This medium-sized reasoning model matches leading models on software engineering benchmarks and demonstrates advanced mathematical reasoning, achieving 94.5% on AIME 2026. Available in private preview, it supports a 256k token context window and function calling, designed for enterprise-grade security and compliance.

Why it matters

This model offers powerful reasoning capabilities in a smaller inference footprint, making advanced coding assistance and complex problem-solving more accessible for enterprise deployments.

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