🔥 Foundry Fridays: Your Front-Row Seat to Azure AI Innovation

Are you ready to go beyond the blog posts and docs and get your questions answered directly by the minds behind Azure AI? Then mark your calendars for Foundry Fridays a weekly Ask Me Anything (AMA) series hosted on the Azure AI Foundry Discord.

Every Friday at 1:30 PM ET, the Azure AI team opens the floor to developers, researchers, and enthusiasts for a 30-minute live AMA with the experts building the future of AI at Microsoft. Whether you're curious about model fine-tuning, local inference, agentic workflows, or the latest in open-source tooling—Foundry Fridays is where the real-time insights happen.

🎙️ Why Join Foundry Fridays?

• Direct Access to Experts: Ask your questions live to Principal PMs, researchers, and engineers from the Azure AI Foundry team.
• Fresh Topics Weekly: Each session spotlights a new theme from model routing and MCP registries to SAMBA architectures and AI agent security.
  
  
• Community-Driven: These aren’t lectures—they’re conversations. Bring your curiosity, share your feedback, and help shape the future of Azure AI.
• No Slides, Just Substance: It’s raw, real, and refreshingly unscripted. You’ll hear what’s working, what’s coming, and what’s still being figured out.

Episode is hosted by community leaders like Nitya Narasimhan and Lee Stott, who guide the conversation and ensure your questions get the spotlight they deserve you can watch all the Monday Model Series on Demand at https://aka.ms/model-mondays and get ready for Season 3 of Model Mondays every Monday at 1.30pm ET. 

📈 Why It Matters

Foundry Fridays isn’t just another event it’s a community catalyst. Join our communty hear from experts and share your experiences of using Azure AI Tools and Services.

🚀 How to Join

1. Join the Discord: aka.ms/model-mondays/discord
2. Find the AMA: Head to the Events #community-calls and #model-mondays channel or check the pinned events.
3. Ask Anything: Come with questions, ideas, or just listen in. No registration required.

Want a sneak peek at what’s coming? Check the Foundry Fridays schedule or follow the Azure AI Foundry Blog for recaps and resources.

💬 Final Thoughts

Whether you're building with Azure AI, exploring open-source models, or just curious about what’s next—Foundry Fridays is your chance to connect, learn, and grow with the community. So grab your headphones, fire up Discord, and let’s build the future of AI—together.

🗓️ Fridays | 1:30 PM ET
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