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Models2026-06-02 · source-backed
Enterprise-targeted, alongside MAI-Image-2.5, MAI-Voice-2, and MAI-Transcribe-1.5, GA pricing when they ship in Foundry (Business Standard). "No distillation" is the line they want you to remember, because it's the line that says we don't need OpenAI anymore.
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Microsoft released Azure / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Microsoft released Azure); both cover Foundry, Image, MAI, Microsoft; overlapping topics (microsoft, model).
Microsoft competes with OpenAI / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Microsoft competes with OpenAI); both cover MAI, Microsoft, OpenAI, Thinking; overlapping topics (microsoft, model, openai).
Microsoft competes with OpenAI / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Microsoft competes with OpenAI); both cover MAI, Microsoft, OpenAI, Voice; overlapping topics (alongside, mai-voice-2, microsoft, model).
Microsoft released Azure / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Microsoft released Azure); both cover Foundry, MAI, Microsoft, OpenAI; overlapping topics (microsoft, model).
Microsoft competes with Google / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Microsoft competes with Google); both cover MAI, Microsoft, OpenAI; overlapping topics (microsoft, model, openai).
Microsoft competes with Google / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Microsoft competes with Google); both cover Enterprise, Microsoft, OpenAI; overlapping topics (microsoft, model, openai).
Microsoft released MDASH / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Microsoft released MDASH); both cover MAI, Microsoft, Thinking; overlapping topics (microsoft, model).
Microsoft released Azure / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Microsoft released Azure); both cover MAI, Microsoft, OpenAI; overlapping topics (microsoft, model).