Model Mondays: Teaching your model new tricks with fine-tuning

Sharmichock

Microsoft

Apr 04, 2025

Join us Monday, April 7 on Model Mondays as we roll into Episode 5 of our 8-week power series—this time with a spotlight on fine-tuning Mistral models.

Whether you're optimizing a model for a specialized customer service bot, adapting tone for brand voice, or turbocharging domain-specific performance- fine-tuning unlocks the next level of precision and relevance. And this week, we're going hands-on with Mistral models, showing you just how simple, powerful, and cost-efficient fine-tuning can be in Azure AI Foundry.

When: Monday, April 7
Time: 1:30 PM ET | 10:30 AM PT
Where: Microsoft Reactor Live Show – RSVP Here

Why Fine-Tune Mistral?

Mistral models are quickly gaining traction thanks to their speed, efficiency, and open-access architecture. But what makes them shine is how easily they can be adapted for your business context.

In this episode, we’ll show you how to:

Prepare datasets and configure training parameters
Launch a fine-tuning job in Azure AI Foundry (yes, it’s as easy as a few clicks)
Deploy your fine-tuned model with confidence

And if you're wondering whether it's worth the effort, spoiler alert: early adopters are seeing dramatic boosts in accuracy and latency reduction, especially in niche or sensitive use cases.

What’s in it for you?

Each Model Mondays episode is a 30-minute boost to your AI skillset:

Stay updated – A 5-min recap of the week’s hottest model drops and Azure AI Foundry news
Get hands-on – A 15-min walkthrough focused on how to fine-tune Mistral in Azure
Ask the experts – Live Q&A with Microsoft and Mistral

And the conversation doesn’t stop there. Join us every Friday for a Model Mondays Watercooler Chat at 1:30 PM ET / 10:30 AM PT in our Discord community, where we recap, react, and nerd out with the broader AI community.