Releases
153 matching — model launches, API releases, product updates, financial events and news.
November 20261
Nov 17, 2026
Microsoft Ignite 2026ScheduledEvent
Microsoft Ignite 2026 is scheduled for November 17–20 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, with an online digital experience focused on AI, cloud and enterprise technology.
October 20261
Oct 1, 2026Microsoft market capitalization reaches $3.809 trillionValuation
Microsoft closed with an estimated public equity market capitalization of $3.809 trillion based on its Nasdaq-listed MSFT shares.
September 20268
Sep 28, 2026Fabric IQ grounding becomes generally available in CopilotFeature update
Microsoft makes Fabric IQ grounding generally available in Copilot Chat and Cowork, connecting governed Power BI business context to AI workflows.
Sep 25, 2026Microsoft Copilot Managed Runtime enters previewProduct launch
Microsoft launches Copilot Managed Runtime in preview as governed hosting infrastructure for Copilot-created apps and automations.
Sep 25, 2026Copilot Cowork introduced for delegated workProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Cowork for delegating complex end-to-end work and returning completed deliverables for iteration.
Sep 25, 2026Copilot Autopilot expands to private previewAnnouncedProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Autopilot, formerly Scout, as a persistent agent that proactively performs recurring and long-running work.
Sep 25, 2026Copilot Home begins Frontier rolloutAnnouncedProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Home as Copilot's unified starting experience combining Chat, Cowork and editable Office documents.
Sep 25, 2026Copilot Code announcedAnnouncedProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Copilot Code for creating sandboxed applications, dashboards, automations and workflows through natural language.
Sep 4, 2026MAI-Image-2.6 and Flash enter Foundry public previewModel release
Microsoft makes MAI-Image-2.6 and its Flash variant available in public preview through Microsoft Foundry.
Sep 3, 2026MAI-Transcribe-2 launchedModel release
Microsoft AI launches MAI-Transcribe-2 with automatic language identification and high-speed transcription across 60 languages.
August 20261
Aug 10, 2026MAI-Image-2.6 announcedModel release
Microsoft AI announces MAI-Image-2.6 with major benchmark improvements in generation and image editing.
June 202611
Jun 2, 2026MAI-Voice-2 Flash announcedAnnouncedModel release
Microsoft AI announces MAI-Voice-2 Flash as a lower-cost, ultra-efficient speech-generation variant.
Jun 2, 2026MAI-Voice-2 launchedModel release
Microsoft AI launches MAI-Voice-2 with natural multilingual speech generation and safeguarded short-sample voice adaptation.
Jun 2, 2026MAI-Transcribe-1.5 launchedModel release
Microsoft AI launches MAI-Transcribe-1.5 with high-speed transcription and support for domain terminology across 43 languages.
Jun 2, 2026MAI-Image-2.5 Flash launchedModel release
Microsoft AI launches a lower-cost, latency-optimized Flash variant of MAI-Image-2.5.
Jun 2, 2026MAI-Image-2.5 launchedModel release
Microsoft AI launches MAI-Image-2.5 for high-fidelity text-to-image generation and controllable image editing.
Jun 2, 2026MAI-Code-1-Flash launchedModel release
Microsoft AI launches MAI-Code-1-Flash, an efficient agentic coding model integrated into GitHub Copilot and VS Code.
Jun 2, 2026MAI-Thinking-1 launchedModel release
Microsoft AI launches MAI-Thinking-1, its flagship in-house reasoning model for complex instructions, mathematics and coding.
Jun 2, 2026Microsoft Frontier Tuning introducedProduct launch
Microsoft AI introduces Frontier Tuning, using reinforcement-learning environments to adapt MAI models to organization-specific workflows.
Jun 2, 2026Agent 365 introduced for enterprise agent governanceProduct launch
Microsoft introduces Agent 365 as the trust, management and observability layer for enterprise AI agents.
Jun 2, 2026Microsoft IQ becomes generally availableProduct launch
Microsoft IQ becomes generally available across GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Foundry and Copilot Studio as an enterprise context layer for agents.
Jun 2, 2026Microsoft Agent Platform introduced at Build 2026Product launch
Microsoft introduces an integrated enterprise agent platform spanning GitHub, Foundry, Microsoft IQ, Copilot Studio, security and governance.
April 20263
Apr 27, 2026OpenAI and Microsoft amend partnershipPartnership
OpenAI and Microsoft announce the next phase of their partnership with amended commercial terms.
Apr 2, 2026MAI-Voice-1 becomes available in FoundryAPI release
Microsoft makes MAI-Voice-1 available to developers in Microsoft Foundry with custom-voice support and safety controls.
Apr 2, 2026MAI-Image-2 launched in Microsoft FoundryModel release
Microsoft AI launches MAI-Image-2 for faster, higher-quality image generation in Copilot and Microsoft Foundry.