loading . . . Microsoft packages Foundry Local for on-device apps Microsoft this week presented Foundry Local as a way to ship AI models inside apps that run entirely on a userâs device, packaging a workflow that local-LLM users already know from tools such as Ollama and LM Studio into a smaller, more app-facing runtime. In its microsoft/Foundry-Local repository, the company says the runtime is about 20 MB and handles model download, caching, inference, and hardware selection through ONNX Runtime, with native SDKs for C#, JavaScript, Python, and Rust. https://novaknown.com/2026/06/06/microsoft-packages-foundry-local-for-on-device-apps/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social