MAI-Transcribe-1 — Preview — shutdown 2026-09-15
For MAI-Transcribe-1, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Preview; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-09-15; recommended replacement is MAI-Transcribe-1.5; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09; source re-checked 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Model ID / API name
- MAI-Transcribe-1 verified
- Human-readable model name
- MAI-Transcribe-1 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Preview verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-09-15 verified
- Recommended replacement
- MAI-Transcribe-1.5 verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
| MAI-Transcribe-1 | 2026-01-23 | Preview | 2026-09-15 | MAI-Transcribe-1.5 |
— learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Shutdown / retirement date
| Model | Version | Lifecycle | Retirement date | Replacement | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | model-router | 2025-05-19 | Preview | 2026-08-30 | — | | model-router | 2025-08-07 | Preview | 2026-08-30 | — | | model-router | 2025-11-18 | GA | 2027-05-20 | — | | MAI-Image-2.5-Pro | 2026-06-19 | Preview | 2026-10-01 | — | | MAI-Image-2.5-Flash | 2026-06-02 | Preview | 2026-10-01 | — | | MAI-Image-2.5 | 2026-06-02 | Preview | 2026-10-01 | — | | MAI-Image-2e | 2026-04-09 | Retired | 2026-08-15 | MAI-Image-2.5-Flash | | MAI-Image-2 | 2026-02-20 | Retired | 2026-08-15 | MAI-Image-2.5 | | MAI-Transcribe-1 | 2026-01-23 | Preview | 2026-09-15 | MAI-Transcribe-1.5 |
— all from learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
Source
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
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