Anyscale, in collaboration with Microsoft, has launched a private preview of its first-party offering on Azure to streamline the building, running, and scaling of AI-native workloads using Ray's distributed compute framework. This service allows Azure customers to seamlessly integrate and manage AI workloads within the Azure Portal, leveraging Azure's existing security and compliance frameworks for secure authentication and authorization. Anyscale provides cost-efficient and high-performance processing through the Anyscale Runtime, optimized for enhanced reliability and speed, and supports existing Azure-native services, enabling developers to deploy AI environments quickly without the operational overhead. The integration allows for unified billing and management, offering Azure customers the ability to efficiently execute large-scale AI projects within the secure infrastructure of Azure, thereby accelerating digital transformation initiatives.