TechApr 13, 2026Microsoft Ships Foundry Local GA: A ~20MB Native Library That Bundles Local AI Into Any AppFoundry Local is a local AI runtime that embeds into apps via package managers as a ~20MB native library. Built on ONNX Runtime with automatic GPU/NPU selection, it runs Phi, Qwen, Mistral and more offline through an OpenAI-compatible API.MicrosoftLocal LLMAzure AI FoundryONNX RuntimeWindows ML
