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Leveraging Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to make generative AI more accessible for everyday business

Justin Fineberg will be speaking at Build 2024

Justin Fineberg’s career trajectory took a pivotal turn when he encountered the transformative potential of AI. The year was 2020 and Fineberg had received early access to the beta version of OpenAI’s GPT-3:

“The moment I began working with GPT-3, I realized we were at the cusp of a new era in technology. It was like discovering a new language that could unlock endless possibilities.”
Justin Fineberg, CEO/Founder, Cassidy

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Originally, Fineberg considered a career in film.

“I kind of saw myself as a filmmaker when I was younger: building a great product is in many ways about telling a great story. And that kind of ties back to my background in film.”
Justin Fineberg, CEO/Founder, Cassidy

In 2022, Fineberg decided to leave his job as a product manager at Blade to team up with his long-time collaborator and engineer, Ian Woodfill. Woodfill’s understanding of the no-code space and Fineberg’s passion for accessible AI solutions led them to start Cassidy, which provides easy ways to build custom generative AI for business organizations.

Today, Fineberg has more than 400,00 followers across social platforms—and that number is expected to grow. After all, AI is on the rise. A recent article in Forbes reported that AI market size is expected to reach $407 billion by 2027 with an annual growth rate of 37.3% from 2023 to 2030. With a growing contingent of individuals—and businesses—adopting AI, Fineberg is seeking to bridge the gap between complex AI technologies and practical business applications. By focusing on user-friendly interfaces and seamless integration, Cassidy aims to make AI an integral part of business workflows, empowering users to harness its potential without being AI experts themselves.

Leveraging Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service

Justin leveraged Azure OpenAI Service to bridge the gap between advanced AI technologies and practical, everyday applications. His mission with Cassidy is to put powerful AI tools in the hands of those who could benefit from them the most, regardless of their technical expertise. By leveraging Azure OpenAI Service, Cassidy simplifies the integration of advanced AI capabilities for companies, enabling them to automate tasks and enhance productivity without the need for coding or deep tech knowledge.

Azure OpenAI Service stands out for its comprehensive suite of AI models, which Fineberg utilizes to drive Cassidy’s capabilities.

“Azure OpenAI Service democratizes access to these powerful tools, making it easier for innovators across sectors to leverage AI in their projects.”
Justin Fineberg, CEO/Founder, Cassidy

The service’s breadth ensures that whether a user is looking to automate customer service, generate unique marketing content, or develop novel applications, they have the necessary tools at their disposal.

Ease of integration is at the heart of Cassidy—which aims to streamline the development process and allow creators to focus on their vision rather than the complexities of technology. The ability to integrate with Azure’s ecosystem was a game-changer for Cassidy, allowing Fineberg to scale and enhance the company’s offerings with greater ease.

Fineberg sees Azure OpenAI Service playing a pivotal role in shaping the AI landscape. Its continuous evolution, with updates and additions to its AI model offerings, ensures that users have access to the latest advancements in AI technology.

“Azure OpenAI Service is not just a platform for today; it’s a platform that’s evolving with the future of AI. Choosing Azure OpenAI Service wasn’t just about accessing advanced AI models; it was about ensuring reliability, scalability, and security for our users. As businesses grow and their needs evolve, the service’s infrastructure is designed to scale alongside them, ensuring that AI capabilities can expand in tandem with user requirements. The scalability of Azure OpenAI Service has been instrumental in supporting Cassidy’s growth. It ensures that as our user base expands, we can maintain performance and reliability without skipping a beat.”
Justin Fineberg, CEO/Founder, Cassidy

Four bits of AI advice from Justin Fineberg:

Embrace curiosity: Approach AI with a mindset of curiosity. Since it’s still fresh for most, there’s no real “expertise” yet—just a wide-open space for exploration and discovery. Approach AI with an open mind and see where your curiosity leads you.

Prioritize the low-hanging fruit: Focus on what AI can do easily and effectively right now. Don’t let the current limitations distract you—AI technology is advancing fast. Keep up to date with new developments while continuously prioritizing the most powerful opportunities available today.

Prioritize user-friendly design: AI tools should be accessible and easy to use for everyone, not just experts.

Share use cases: Don’t be shy about how you’re using AI in your work and business. Let’s learn together.

Learn more about Justin’s use of Azure OpenAI Service when he speaks at Build 2024.

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Get started with Azure OpenAI Service

Apply for access to Azure OpenAI Service by completing this form.

Learn about Azure OpenAI Service and the latest enhancements.

Get started with GPT-4 in Azure OpenAI Service in Microsoft Learn.

Read our partner announcement blog, empowering partners to develop AI-powered apps and experiences with ChatGPT in Azure OpenAI Service.

Learn how to use the new Chat Completions API (in preview) and model versions for ChatGPT and GPT-4 models in Azure OpenAI Service.

Learn more about Azure AI Content Safety.

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18. Mai 2024

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Introducing GPT-4o: OpenAI’s new flagship multimodal model now in preview on Azure

Microsoft is thrilled to announce the launch of GPT-4o, OpenAI’s new flagship model on Azure AI. This groundbreaking multimodal model integrates text, vision, and audio capabilities, setting a new standard for generative and conversational AI experiences. GPT-4o is available now in Azure OpenAI Service, to try in preview, with support for text and image.

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A step forward in generative AI for Azure OpenAI Service

GPT-4o offers a shift in how AI models interact with multimodal inputs. By seamlessly combining text, images, and audio, GPT-4o provides a richer, more engaging user experience.

Launch highlights: Immediate access and what you can expect

Azure OpenAI Service customers can explore GPT-4o’s extensive capabilities through a preview playground in Azure OpenAI Studio starting today in two regions in the US. This initial release focuses on text and vision inputs to provide a glimpse into the model’s potential, paving the way for further capabilities like audio and video.

Efficiency and cost-effectiveness

GPT-4o is engineered for speed and efficiency. Its advanced ability to handle complex queries with minimal resources can translate into cost savings and performance.

Potential use cases to explore with GPT-4o

The introduction of GPT-4o opens numerous possibilities for businesses in various sectors:

Enhanced customer service: By integrating diverse data inputs, GPT-4o enables more dynamic and comprehensive customer support interactions.

Advanced analytics: Leverage GPT-4o’s capability to process and analyze different types of data to enhance decision-making and uncover deeper insights.

Content innovation: Use GPT-4o’s generative capabilities to create engaging and diverse content formats, catering to a broad range of consumer preferences.

Exciting future developments: GPT-4o at Microsoft Build 2024

We are eager to share more about GPT-4o and other Azure AI updates at Microsoft Build 2024, to help developers further unlock the power of generative AI.

Get started with Azure OpenAI Service

Begin your journey with GPT-4o and Azure OpenAI Service by taking the following steps:

Try out GPT-4o in Azure OpenAI Service Chat Playground (in preview).

If you are not a current Azure OpenAI Service customer, apply for access by completing this form.

Learn more about Azure OpenAI Service and the latest enhancements.

Understand responsible AI tooling available in Azure with Azure AI Content Safety.

Review the OpenAI blog on GPT-4o.

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18. Mai 2024

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Accelerate AI innovation with the Microsoft commercial marketplace

With Microsoft Build 2024 right around the corner, I am excited to share how the Microsoft commercial marketplace is extending innovation. As we enter the era of AI, I’m seeing developers utilize the marketplace to use cutting-edge AI tools that accelerate adoption of next-generation solutions for their organizations. At the same time, more customers than ever are using the marketplace to find, try, and adopt new AI solutions quickly. Ultimately, the marketplace—as an extension of the Microsoft Cloud—is how your AI and Microsoft Copilot applications are discovered and deployed.

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At the heart of the marketplace is our extensive catalog of solutions from Microsoft’s robust network of partners and software development companies. These solutions are surfaced across our in-product experiences, as well as in our storefronts. Today, the marketplace supports a diverse catalog of AI-powered solutions, including AI-enabled software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, Copilot extensions, AI-enabled Microsoft Teams applications, machine learning models from partners such as Mistral AI, and more. While Microsoft supports a number of ways for partners to build AI-based technology, the marketplace is where customers can find all of these solutions from one trusted source.

Partners innovating with AI

We’ve seen a triple-digit percentage increase year-over-year in transactable AI offers published on the Microsoft commercial marketplace. And customers are eager to discover the AI solutions that best fit their unique needs. Visits to AI solution pages on our storefronts have increased more than 700% year-over-year, and AI solutions continue to make up a rapidly growing percentage of sales transacted through the marketplace.*

During one of our Microsoft Build sessions, you’ll hear from two partners who are building exciting AI solutions that leverage the Microsoft Cloud and are available now through the marketplace:

Pinecone helps companies build generative AI applications faster with vector databases. Pinecone can be deployed with Microsoft Azure and across various data sources, models, and frameworks. Pinecone serverless, coming to the marketplace soon, will deliver generative AI applications even faster at up to 50 times lower cost.

UiPath’s Business Automation Platform enables customers to supercharge productivity, transform user experiences, and innovate faster with AI-powered automations. With more than 80 platform integrations, customers can tap into UiPath enterprise-grade automation capabilities directly from Microsoft 365, Azure, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Copilot.

Smarter purchasing through the marketplace

Microsoft is the only company that can support the entire ecosystem of AI—from the infrastructure and data layers all the way to the front-end user experience with Copilot. This enables developers to build next-generation AI tools quickly and for partners to connect their AI solutions to the Microsoft customer base through the marketplace—making it efficient and scalable for organizations to discover and adopt AI broadly. During this AI transformation, the Microsoft commercial marketplace is how we are enabling businesses of every size to access the solutions they need.

With rapid technological development, it has become even more important to balance the need to innovate with meeting business requirements. By aligning SaaS strategy to the marketplace, organizations can unify their data to get the most out of their AI investments:

Try before you buy. The marketplace allows you to try new solutions before you make a larger commitment. Free trials or direct purchases of a small number of licenses can ensure the technology works for your organization before making a big investment. The marketplace also supports proofs-of-concept with private offers, so you can further vet solutions before widescale adoption.

Innovate faster. Centralizing cloud portfolios helps you decrease time-to-value. AI solutions are part of one comprehensive catalog and pre-certified to run on Azure. Vendors can be onboarded instantly, and billing is simplified through a single invoice.

Maximize investments. Organizations can optimize cloud spend by counting the solutions they need towards their Azure consumption commitment. Microsoft automatically counts 100% of eligible offers towards your commitment, helping unlock discounts on Azure infrastructure.

Create alignment across teams. The marketplace makes it easier to keep teams aligned using approved solutions. With private Azure marketplace, an administrator can pre-select approved solutions so your team can compliantly access what they need. If a needed solution is not yet approved, team members can easily request it be added, empowering innovation with the right guardrails to safeguard investments.

Govern and control with a private Azure marketplace

All of this translates into huge savings of time and money. In a 2023 Total Economic Impact™ study commissioned by Microsoft, Forrester Consulting found the marketplace delivers customers a three-year 587% return on investment (ROI) with a payback period of less than six months.

Join us at Microsoft Build

We’re excited to be accelerating the era of AI by setting the standard for the creation and commerce of AI solutions. For developers building new solutions, I encourage you to check out tools and benefits from ISV Success that will help you realize these innovations. Partners can also use Marketplace Rewards to accelerate their marketplace growth and generate high impact opportunities.

We’ll share more about the value of the marketplace for your organization in upcoming sessions at Microsoft Build. Whether you’re attending in Seattle or virtually, I hope you’ll join our experts to learn more.

Launch AI applications and get to market faster with marketplace: in-person and online (Session ID: BRK130)

AI-powered commerce with the Microsoft commercial marketplace: on-demand (Session ID: OD527)

Maximize cloud investments with the Microsoft commercial marketplace: on-demand (Session ID: OD528)

Meet marketplace experts in the Microsoft Cloud Platform Community space: in-person

Sources

*Internal data from our data analytics team
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