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Every AI developer journey starts with model choice. But, as developers, we face two challenges. First is information overload - how do we keep up with the rapid pace of model updates and innovation? Second is decision fatigue - how do we pick the right model for our task given an ever-growing list of options? Model Mondays tackles these challenges by helping you build your model IQ one week at a time with livestreams every Monday and AMAs every Friday.
- 5-min Highlights - catch up on key news items from the past week.
- 10-min Customer Stories - see Azure AI used in real world solutions.
- 15-min Spotlight - get a deep-dive on 1 topic from an expert.
- 30-min AMA - ask questions & discuss topic with experts on Discord.
THIS FRIDAY: We talk to Jeff Boudier on Hugging Face and Open-Source Models Watch Replay · Download Deck
2 Seasons and 20 episodes later, we are at the finale for Season 2. And we saved the best for last with a focus on - Open Source Models! Join us as we talk to Jeff Boudier (VP of Product, Hugging Face) and put the spotlight on the Hugging Face Collection on Azure AI Foundry. With 10K+ models to choose from, the only limit is your imagination! Learn how to discover the right model for your needs, deploy to Azure AI Foundry, and develop AI solutions for specialized domains like healthcare - powered by open-source models like Qwen and more. Plus, we look at some of the latest open-source models from Microsoft Research, and discoverable on Hugging Face!
- Register - and watch the livestream on Monday Sep 15 at 1:30pm ET
- Join Discord - and the
#model-mondayschannel for updates - Get Reminders to attend the AMA with Jeff on Sep 19 at 1:30pm ET
- Explore the Hugging Face collection on Azure AI Foundry.
_Season 2 kicked off on Jun 16, 2025 and will run through Sep 2025. =Use the Register links to get reminders for upcoming events, and visit the Replay and Recap links to revisit past episodes and AMAs. Watch the complete playlist of all series of Model Mondays
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| S2:E01 | Advanced Reasoning |  |
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| S2:E03 | SLMs and Reasoning |  |
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| S2:E05 | Fine-Tuning & Distillation |  |
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| S2:E06 | Research & Innovation |  |
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| S2:E07 | AI-Assisted Azure Dev |  |
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| S2:E08 | On-Device & Local AI |  |
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| S2:E09 | AI Agents |  |
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| S2:E10 | Document Processing |  |
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| S2:E11 | AI Foundry Speech Playground |  |
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| S2:E12 | Models & Observability |  |
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| S2:E13 | Open-Source Models (Hugging Face) |  |
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Want to get more details about each session? Check out the Season 2 page for more information on each session including speakers, description and links to recaps and slides.
Our pilot season featured 8 episodes covering models (green badges) and tools (magenta badges) in Azure AI Foundry. Visit the Season 1 page for details or click the episode specific badge below to go directly to the replay.
| Episode | Video | Blog | Slides | AMA |
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| E01 · GitHub Models | Play |
GitHub Models | Mar 14 | |
| E02 · Reasoning Models | Play |
OpenAI, DeepSeek | Mar 21 | |
| E03 · Search + Retrieval | Play |
Cohere Rerank | Mar 28 | |
| E04 · Visual + Generative | Play |
Stable Diffusion | Apr 04 | |
| E05 · Fine-Tuning | Play |
Mistral | Apr 11 | |
| E06 · Local AI Development | Play |
AI Toolkit (AITK) | Apr 18 | |
| E07 · Open Source & AI | Play |
Llama 4 (Meta) | Apr 25 | |
| E08 · Forecasting Models | Play |
Nixtla TimeGEN | - | May 02 |
Great devs don't build alone! In a fast-pased developer ecosystem, there's no time to hunt for help. That's why we have the Azure AI Developer Community. Join us today and let's journey together!
- Join the Discord - for real-time chats, events & learning
- Explore the Forum - for AMA recaps, Q&A, and help!
