MAI-Voice-2-Flash
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A to Z
- A · App
- No
- B · Built By
- Microsoft
- C · CEO & Politics
- Satya Nadella — Centrist / moderate
- D · Date
- 2026
- E · Expertise
- Intermediate+
- F · Free Tier
- No free tier
- G · Generates
- Text only
- H · Deployment
- Cloud (Foundry + API)
- I · Inputs
- Text
- J · Jurisdiction
- USA
- K · Key Staffers
- Mustafa Suleyman (CEO Microsoft AI), Kevin Scott (CTO)
- L · Languages
- English-primary
- M · Model Type
- Voice / TTS
- N · Safety Issues
- None reported
- O · Open Source
- Proprietary
- P · Pricing
- $15 per 1M characters (32% cheaper and ~2x faster than MAI-Voice-2).
- Q · AIDb Rating
- 6/10 · AIDb v2.0 (curated): Capability 7/10 · Currency 10/10 · Access 2/10 · Significance 4/10 → 6.40
- R · What Makes It Special
- Microsoft AI's MAI-Voice-2-Flash (public preview July 23, 2026, first shown at Build), the fast, efficient tier of its MAI voice models for high-volume voice experiences, keeping MAI-Voice-2's natural prosody and acoustic quality while running 2x faster at 32% lower cost, $15 per million characters; it powers Dynamics 365 Contact Center, where Microsoft says it cut GPU costs by up to 89%, and backs speech-to-speech voice agents built in Voice Live.
- S · Stock / Status
- $516 (MSFT, Sep 25, 2026)
- T · Training Cutoff
- [UNKNOWN]
- U · Users
- [UNKNOWN]
- V · Voice Chat
- Yes
- W · Weights
- API only
- X · X Handle
- @Microsoft
- Y · Year Founded
- [UNKNOWN]
- Z · Bottom Line
- Proprietary Voice / TTS from Microsoft, released 2026.
Data completeness 88% · Last verified 2026-08-09 · Primary source ↗
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“MAI-Voice-2-Flash.” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-08-09. https://theaidatabase.com/m/microsoft-mai-voice-2-flash.html
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