Model Mondays: Build Your Model IQ

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Every AI developer journey starts with model choice. But, as developers, we face two challenges. First is information overload - how do we keep up with the rapid pace of model updates and innovation? Second is decision fatigue - how do we pick the right model for our task given an ever-growing list of options? Model Mondays tackles these challenges by helping you build your model IQ one week at a time with livestreams every Monday and AMAs every Friday.

1. 5-min Highlights - catch up on key news items from the past week.
2. 15-min Spotlight - get a deep-dive on 1 topic from an expert.
3. 30-min AMA - ask questions & discuss topic with experts on Discord.

Season 2: Jun-Sep 2025

Season 2 kicked off on Jun 16, 2025 and will run through Sep 2025. =Use the Register links to get reminders for upcoming events, and visit the Replay and Recap links to revisit past episodes and AMAs.

Episode	Topic	Monday Livestream	Friday AMA	Slides	Blog
S2:E01	Advanced Reasoning
S2:E02	Model Context Protocol
S2:E03	SLMs and Reasoning
S2:E04	AI & Dev Experience
S2:E05	Fine-Tuning & Distillation
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S2:E06	Research & Innovation
S2:E07	AI Assisted Development
S2:E08	On-Device & Local AI
S2:E09	Models for AI Agents
S2:E10	Image & Video Playground
S2:E11	Text & Speech Playground
S2:E12	Models & Observability

Want to get more details about each session? Check out the Season 2 page for more information on each session including speakers, description and links to recaps and slides.

Season 1: Mar-May 2025

Our pilot season featured 8 episodes covering models (green badges) and tools (magenta badges) in Azure AI Foundry. Visit the Season 1 page for details or click the episode specific badge below to go directly to the replay.

Episode	Video	Blog	Slides	AMA
E01 · GitHub Models	Play ▶️	GitHub Models	PDF	Mar 14
E02 · Reasoning Models	Play ▶️	OpenAI, DeepSeek	PDF	Mar 21
E03 · Search + Retrieval	Play ▶️	Cohere Rerank	PDF	Mar 28
E04 · Visual + Generative	Play ▶️	Stable Diffusion	PDF	Apr 04
E05 · Fine-Tuning	Play ▶️	Mistral	PDF	Apr 11
E06 · Local AI Development	Play ▶️	AI Toolkit (AITK)	PDF	Apr 18
E07 · Open Source & AI	Play ▶️	Llama 4 (Meta)	PDF	Apr 25
E08 · Forecasting Models	Play ▶️	Nixtla TimeGEN	-	May 02

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Great devs don't build alone! In a fast-pased developer ecosystem, there's no time to hunt for help. That's why we have the Azure AI Developer Community. Join us today and let's journey together!

1. Join the Discord - for real-time chats, events & learning
2. Explore the Forum - for AMA recaps, Q&A, and help!