Beyond the Prompt: Foundation Models as an Architectural Layer in iOS with Mohammad Azam
Swift Academy Podcast, Episode 10, Season 2 Beyond the Prompt: Foundation Models as an Architectural Layer in iOS Mohammad Azam on why Apple’s on-device LLM is less an AI feature and more a redefinition of where intelligence lives in your app, @Generable, @Guide, instructions, tools, and adapter-based fine-tuning, viewed through the lens of iOS layered architecture. May 3, 2026 🎧 Swift Academy Podcast · Episode 10, Season 2 · Foundation Models • On-Device LLM • iOS Architecture “Foundation Models is not a chat surface. It is a typed, on-device, structured capability you wire into your architecture, the way you wire in URLSession or SwiftData. Treat it like a chatbot and you will build bad apps. Treat it like a layer and you will build defensible ones.” ...