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ON TOUR
Stuart Hall
Hotdog or Not Hotdog: Apple Foundation Models in Production
Apple introduced Foundation Models at WWDC 2025 and significantly expanded it in 2026 with powerful new capabilities for developers. Join Stuart Hall, founder of Bytesize Apps & Tiny Ideas, for a practical look at building real-world AI features with Foundation Models and Private Cloud Compute. Through real production examples from apps including 7 Minute Workout, WordBoard, Proto, and Fortify, you’ll learn how to generate structured data, understand images, use tool calling, and even recreate the famous “Not Hotdog” app from HBO’s Silicon Valley in just a few lines of Swift.
About the presenter
Stuart has been involved in mobile as a developer, blogger and entrepreneur since the early days of the App Store. He built the 7 Minute Workout app in one night and blogged the story of growing the app to 2.3 million downloads before exiting to a large fitness device company. Previously he was the co-founder of the Discovr series of applications which achieved over 4 million downloads.
