Accelerate your AI journey with Azure AI model catalog: Sharmila Chokalingam

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Takeaway

Azure positions itself as a unified catalog + serving layer letting enterprises prototype, optimize, and operationalize across 1,600+ models with consistent APIs and data privacy.

Summary

Azure AI model catalog hosts 1,600+ models including GPT-4, Azure OpenAI, Mistral, Llama, Cohere, Phi-3, Jais (Arabic), plus Hugging Face open models and partner models from Meta/Databricks/Snowflake/Nvidia.
Standardized Azure AI Model Inference API lets you swap models without code changes; works with LangChain, LiteLLM and other SDKs.
Two deployment paths: serverless API (pay-per-token, Marketplace billing) and managed compute (bring your own GPU/VMs).
Customer data and prompts are never used to train models or shared with model providers — strict data-privacy posture.
Built-in features: model benchmarks (accuracy, coherence, groundedness), playground with 'add your data' RAG indexes, content filters, and one-click deployment producing a URL and key in under a minute.

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Original description

Learn how the Azure AI model catalog helps you discover and operationalize flagship LLMs and SLMs on Azure and unlocks access to a wide collection of models with enterprise data privacy, content safety compliance, and security built in. Experience live demos of deploying popular LLMs like Mistral, Phi3 & Llama3 and finally, take a deep dive into how the model catalog has enabled organizations to drive innovation, efficiency, and strategic decision-making with real-world examples.

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About Sharmila:
Experienced Product Marketing Manager with a good understanding of both hardware and software marketplace and a demonstrated history of working in cutting edge AI technology that spans across Simulation, Industrial Metaverse, IOT, Digital Twins and Gaming. Currently working on AzureML team to bring all the latest and greatest LLMs to the Azure AI ecosystem. Skilled in Go-to-market Strategy, messaging and positioning, Demand gen and growth marketing strategies