01 What is it?
Vertex AI Model Garden is Google Cloud's curated catalog of foundation and open-source models, served on Vertex AI with managed endpoints, evaluation tools and fine-tuning. It is the central catalog for any team standardising AI on Google Cloud.
02 Why implement it?
- Curated catalog of first-party, partner and open-source models
- Managed endpoints with autoscaling and observability
- Native fine-tuning, distillation and evaluation
- VPC Service Controls and Cloud Audit Logs everywhere
- Strong compliance posture across regions
03 How I help
I help teams choose the right model for each workload, design the endpoint topology, configure VPC-SC perimeter and Model Armor, and integrate with the rest of your observability and audit stack.
04 Expected deliverables
- Model selection matrix per workload
- Endpoint deployment and approval workflow
- VPC Service Controls and security perimeter
- Observability and audit integration
- Cost and governance review