{"id":2319,"date":"2026-06-04T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:58:17","slug":"accelerate-edge-ai-development-with-foundry-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/accelerate-edge-ai-development-with-foundry-local\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerate Edge AI Development with Foundry Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why edge AI development is still hard\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

AI is no longer confined to cloud experiments. Developers are increasingly expected to deliver AI inside apps, devices, and edge systems where responsiveness, privacy, resilience, and local control are essential. But building those experiences for production is still difficult.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Teams often\u00a0have to\u00a0solve model packaging, runtime fragmentation, hardware differences, and deployment complexity before they can ship a single reliable feature. That slows iteration and makes it harder to move from prototype to product.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At Microsoft Build 2026,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0announcing updates across Foundry Local and Foundry Local on Azure Local that help developers build once and run AI closer to where data is created and decisions are made. These updates expand platform support, improve control over inference and acceleration, add new on-device APIs, and simplify deployment across disconnected, regulated, and sovereign environments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s\u00a0new in Foundry Local\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The latest Foundry Local updates focus on the areas developers care about most: broader platform reach, familiar APIs, better runtime control, and simpler access to hardware acceleration. Together, these improvements help teams move faster from experimentation to production on AI PCs, edge devices, and enterprise infrastructure.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Foundry Local\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last month we\u00a0announced the\u00a0<\/span>1.1.0 release of Foundry Local\u00a0(<\/span><\/b>Foundry Local 1.1: Live Transcription, Embeddings, and Responses API | Microsoft Foundry Blog<\/span><\/b><\/a>)<\/span><\/b>\u202f\u2014 Microsoft\u2019s cross-platform local AI solution that\u00a0let\u00a0developers bring\u202f<\/span>AI directly into their applications<\/span><\/b>\u202fwith no cloud dependency, no network latency, and no per-token costs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 1.1.0 release added:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n