Microsoft Image Light Closed weights

MAI-Image-2.6-Flash

69 days since Microsoft announced it · 4 Sep 2026

MAI-Image-2.6-Flash is a closed-weights image model from Microsoft, announced 4 Sep 2026. It costs $1.75 per 1M text input tokens, $2.50 per 1M image input tokens, $19 per 1M imag.

Price: $1.75; per 1M text input tokens, $2.50 per 1M image input tokens, $19 per 1M imag
Parameters: —; not disclosed

Announcement: microsoft.ai/news/pushing-the-quality-cost-frontier-with-mai-image-2-6
Docs: ai.azure.com/catalog/models/MAI-Image-2.6-Flash?publisher=microsoft
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Microsoft adds Flash tier to MAI-Image-2.6
04 Sep 2026

Microsoft · Light · MAI-Image

closed weights

MAI-Image-2.6-Flash +94d 4 Sep 2026
MAI-Image-2.5-Flash +49d 2 Jun 2026
MAI-Image-2-Efficient 14 Apr 2026

Microsoft adds Flash tier to MAI-Image-2.6