SANTA CLARA — At Microsoft Ignite, NVIDIA introduced an AI foundry service in collaboration with Microsoft Azure, aimed at revolutionizing the development and deployment of custom generative AI applications for enterprises and startups. This comprehensive solution combines NVIDIA’s AI Foundation Models, NeMo™ framework, and DGX™ Cloud AI supercomputing services, empowering businesses to create and deploy tailored generative AI models seamlessly. Industry giants SAP SE, Amdocs, and Getty Images are among the early adopters leveraging this groundbreaking service to drive innovation and transform their respective industries.
Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, emphasized the importance of custom models in addressing the unique needs of enterprises, highlighting the AI foundry service’s ability to leverage proprietary data and streamline model development. By leveraging Microsoft Azure’s cloud infrastructure, NVIDIA aims to democratize access to its advanced AI technologies, enabling enterprises worldwide to harness the power of generative AI effectively.
Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, underscored the strategic partnership between Microsoft and NVIDIA in driving AI innovation across various sectors. By integrating NVIDIA’s generative AI foundry service into Azure’s cloud ecosystem, Nadella affirmed Microsoft’s commitment to empowering enterprises and startups with cutting-edge AI capabilities.
The AI foundry service offers tailored solutions for generative AI-powered applications spanning enterprise software, telecommunications, and media industries. By leveraging techniques like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), enterprises can connect their custom models with proprietary data sources, unlocking new insights and driving informed decision-making.
SAP, as the first customer of NVIDIA DGX Cloud on Microsoft Azure, is poised to revolutionize natural language processing with its new AI copilot, Joule®. Leveraging NVIDIA’s AI foundry service and DGX Cloud infrastructure, SAP aims to deliver intelligent, personalized experiences to its customers, driving efficiency and innovation.
Amdocs, a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, is leveraging NVIDIA and Microsoft’s technology to accelerate the adoption of generative AI applications for telcos globally. By optimizing models for the Amdocs amAIz framework, Amdocs aims to deliver new AI-powered applications and services while ensuring enterprise-grade security and reliability.
The AI foundry service offers curated NVIDIA AI Foundation models, including the Nemotron-3 8B family, optimized for different use cases and multilingual capabilities. With 8 billion parameters, these models provide developers with a robust framework for building custom generative AI applications tailored to their specific requirements.
With the availability of NVIDIA DGX Cloud on the Azure Marketplace, customers can access scalable AI supercomputing instances and accelerate model development with NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. Integrated into Azure Machine Learning, NVIDIA AI Enterprise software offers a secure, stable, and supported AI development environment, empowering businesses to deploy production-ready AI solutions with ease.
In conclusion, the collaboration between NVIDIA and Microsoft Azure represents a significant milestone in democratizing AI innovation, enabling enterprises and startups worldwide to unlock the full potential of generative AI and drive digital transformation across industries.
