Steve Sweetman posts

Azure Product Lead, Foundry Models

Steve Sweetman is the Azure Product Lead, Foundry Models, focused on delivering secure, reliable generative AI applications for enterprise customers. Previously, he served as Principal PM Manager for AzureML, where he integrated responsible AI principles into machine learning tools, and as Director of the Office of Responsible AI, leading the strategy for AI ethics and accountability across Microsoft.

June 29 4 min read

Claude in Microsoft Foundry is now generally available

Claude in Microsoft Foundry is now generally available, hosted on Azure, and running on NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra, giving teams a faster path from agent experimentation to production.
February 5 5 min read

Claude Opus 4.6: Anthropic’s powerful model for coding, agents, and enterprise workflows is now available in Microsoft Foundry

With Claude Opus 4.6 now available in Microsoft Foundry, developers can delegate complex tasks end‑to‑end and trust the AI to execute independently in production.
January 11 3 min read

Bridging the gap between AI and medicine: Claude in Microsoft Foundry advances capabilities for healthcare and life sciences customers

We’re excited to announce that Anthropic has added new tools, connectors, and skills that allow Claude in Microsoft Foundry to bring advanced reasoning, agentic workflows, and model intelligence purpose built for healthcare and life sciences industries.
December 2, 2025 4 min read

Introducing Mistral Large 3 in Microsoft Foundry: Open, capable, and ready for production workloads

Explore Mistral Large 3 in Azure—open-source, long-context, multimodal AI built for reliable enterprise workloads.
October 15, 2025 3 min read

Sora 2 now available in Azure AI Foundry

Turning imagination into reality has never been more possible—or more powerful—than it is today.
October 6, 2025 4 min read

Unleash your creativity at scale: Azure AI Foundry’s multimodal revolution

Imagine a platform where every developer can unlock the full spectrum of AI: text, images, audio, and video.
August 7, 2025 6 min read

GPT-5 in Azure AI Foundry: The future of AI apps and agents starts here

Today, we’re announcing general availability of OpenAI’s new flagship, GPT-5, in Azure AI Foundry.
June 18, 2025 5 min read

Maximize your ROI for Azure OpenAI

This blog breaks down the available pricing and deployment options, and tools that support scalable, cost-conscious AI deployments.
April 23, 2025 2 min read

Unveiling GPT-image-1: Rising to new heights with image generation in Azure AI Foundry

We are thrilled to announce the launch of GPT-image-1, the latest and most advanced image generation model, now available on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service.
April 16, 2025 2 min read

o3 and o4-mini: Unlock enterprise agent workflows with next-level reasoning AI with Azure AI Foundry and GitHub

We are thrilled to announce the availability of the latest iterations in the o* reasoning series: o3 and o4-mini models on the Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service.
April 14, 2025 2 min read

Announcing the GPT-4.1 model series for Azure AI Foundry and GitHub developers

We are excited to share the launch of the next generation of the GPT-4o model series with GPT-4.
March 11, 2025 4 min read

Announcing the Responses API and Computer-Using Agent in Azure AI Foundry

AI agents are transforming industries by automating workflows, enhancing productivity, and enabling intelligent decision-making.