# MAI Transcribe 2 requests rise 12-fold on OpenRouter since launch

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- Source: Mustafa Suleyman
- Published: 2026-11-11T22:40:54.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/xh0m9vrutgr64pk63i5onrx8x
- Original: https://x.com/mustafasuleyman/status/2120647988305645982

## Summary

Microsoft's MAI Transcribe 2 speech-to-text model reached 8.5 million transcription requests last week on OpenRouter, up from 0.7 million in its first week in September. OpenRouter says requests for the whole speech-to-text category grew 3x over the same period.

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## Quoted post @OpenRouter

> MAI Transcribe 2 requests are up 12× since launch on OpenRouter.
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> 8.5M transcriptions last week, up from 0.7M in its first week in Sept.
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> The whole speech-to-text category saw requests grew 3x over the same timeframe.
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> More: https://openrouter.ai/rankings/transcription

https://x.com/OpenRouter/status/2120569774124200265