Windows AI Foundry is one of the newer additions to the Microsoft AI landscape, introduced at Build 2025 as a unified platform for developing and deploying AI models on Windows. It brings together the tools developers need to build AI-powered applications locally, giving teams more control over how and where their AI workloads run.
In this section, we cover what was announced, what it means in practice, and how it fits into the broader picture of Microsoft’s AI direction. The articles here draw on coverage from Microsoft Build 2025, where Windows AI Foundry was positioned as a key part of Microsoft’s push to bring AI capabilities closer to the device rather than relying solely on the cloud.
It’s still an evolving platform, and we’ll be adding more as it develops. Browse the articles below to get up to speed.