Is Docker Building the Best AI Stack?

Author: Bret Fisher
Published: Tue 12 Aug 2025
Episode Link: https://podcast.bretfisher.com/episodes/is-docker-building-the-best-ai-stack

Bret and Nirmal are joined by Michael Irwin to discuss Docker's comprehensive AI toolkit, covering everything from local model deployment to cloud-based container orchestration across multiple interconnected tools and services.

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We run through almost the entire Docker AI ecosystem, including the Model Runner for hosting open-source models locally or remotely, the Hub model catalog, Gordon AI chatbot integration within Docker Desktop and CLI, how MCP toolkit and catalog enable seamless tool integration with local AI systems, Docker's open-source MCP gateway for managing these connections, plus Docker's new Offload service for running containers and models entirely in Docker Cloud and much, much more!

★Show Links★
Docker Model Runner
Gordon AI Blog Post
Docker Offload
Docker Gen AI Catalog
Docker MCP Catalog and Toolkit
Docker MCP Gateway Repository

Check out the video podcast version here: https://youtu.be/dUmSsnc33O0

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