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Microsoft launches 3 new AI models in direct shot at OpenAI and Google

Michael Nuñez

April 2, 2026

Credit: VentureBeat made with Midjourney

Microsoft

on Wednesday launched

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Microsoft launches 3 new AI models in direct shot at OpenAI and Google

Michael Nuñez

April 2, 2026

Credit: VentureBeat made with Midjourney

Microsoft

on Wednesday launched

three new foundational AI models

it built entirely in-house — a state-of-the-art speech transcription system, a voice generation engine, and an upgraded image creator — marking the most concrete evidence yet that the $3 trillion software giant intends to compete directly with

, and other frontier labs on model development, not just distribution.

The trio of models —

MAI-Transcribe-1

MAI-Voice-1

MAI-Image-2

— are available immediately through

Microsoft Foundry

and a new

MAI Playground

. They span three of the most commercially valuable modalities in enterprise AI: converting speech to text, generating realistic human voice, and creating images. Together, they represent the opening salvo from Microsoft's

superintelligence team

, which Suleyman formed just six months ago to pursue what he calls "

AI self-sufficiency

."

"I'm very excited that we've now got the first models out, which are the very best in the world for transcription," Suleyman told VentureBeat in an exclusive interview ahead of the launch. "Not only that, we're able to deliver the model with half the GPUs of the state-of-the-art competition."

The announcement lands at a precarious moment for Microsoft. The company's stock just closed its

worst quarter since the 2008 financial crisis

, as investors increasingly demand proof that hundreds of billions of dollars in AI infrastructure spending will translate into revenue. These models — priced aggressively and positioned to reduce Microsoft's own cost of goods sold — are Suleyman's first answer to that pressure.

Microsoft's new transcription model claims best-in-class accuracy across 25 languages

MAI-Transcribe-1

is the headline release. The speech-to-text model achieves the lowest average Word Error Rate on the

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