MAI-Code-1-Flash is now available for GitHub Copilot

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MAI‑Code‑1‑Flash, Microsoft's latest small‑tier coding model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot starting with VS Code. MAI‑Code‑1‑Flash delivers best‑in‑class quality for its size, outperforming other small models in early testing, making it well‑suited for lightweight coding workflows. Designed and tuned specifically for GitHub Copilot, this marks the first in a new wave of purpose‑built coding models from Microsoft.

Availability in GitHub Copilot

MAI‑Code‑1‑Flash is beginning to roll out to Copilot Free, Pro, Pro+, and Max plans. Availability will start with a limited set of users and expand gradually over the coming weeks.

You'll be able to select the model in the model picker in

• Visual Studio Code

Learn more

To learn more about the new model, see the MAI-Code-1-Flash Model Page.

To explore all models available in GitHub Copilot, see our documentation on models and get started with Copilot.

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[Jaimi]

More than interested to try when it comes out. But what about the full fledged Thinking version?

[natestrom]

Definitely looking forward for the new MAI models to land on Business/Enterprise accounts!

[ederbond]

Is it going to be available to download and run completely offline on my own hardware with the full fledged Visual Studio 2026 IDE?

[francovp]

Why no business or Enterprise? :(

[spoiledsport]

WHy not Visual Studio?

[drewid]

100%. About to dump tooling due to the 20x-30x increase in costs with GitHub Copilot and this is maybe the only thing that would save it.

[okasi]

Will it be uploaded to hugging face?

[mindplay-dk]

Put it up on OpenRouter so we can try it, please - and so we can see how much it really costs.

[OminousIndustries]

Put it up on OpenRouter so we can try it, please - and so we can see how much it really costs.

Agree with this. As far as releases go this one is making it rather difficult to even try the model

[chriddyp]

This is looking great! Would love to try it out and benchmark it in Plotly Studio for data visualization and analytics workflows. Will this be available as an API on Azure or Open Router? Or only integrated in product suites?

[winter123123]

Why are business/enterprise users not supported?
Costs have already increased due to the shift to a pay-as-you-go model, so why do we have to face this kind of discrimination?
If this is how we are treated, we will stop using the enterprise service.

[drewid]

When can we get this in regular Visual Studio? About to dump tooling due to the 20x-30x increase in costs with GitHub Copilot and this is maybe the only thing that would save it.

[tfukumorikkmic]

I agree.

[gimlichael]

Eager to try this - I need a replacement for Claude Haiku 4.5 - and this looks like the sweet spot. When will it be available? I am on the Pro+ and already 2 day has passed 🐌

[erincon01]

I don't see MAI in my ghcopilot business. Is this expected?