Introducing Amazon Nova Forge: Build your own frontier models using Nova

This article introduces Amazon Nova Forge, a new AWS service enabling organizations to build custom frontier models using Nova checkpoints and their proprietary data.

• Start model development from early, mid, or post-training checkpoints
• Blend proprietary data with Amazon Nova-curated training data to prevent catastrophic forgetting
• Use reinforcement learning with custom reward functions from proprietary environments
• Configure safety and content moderation settings via built-in responsible AI toolkit
• Train models on Amazon SageMaker AI, then import as private models to Amazon Bedrock
• Designed for manufacturing, R&D, media, and specialized industries needing domain expertise
• Available in US East (N. Virginia) region

Nova Forge provides a cost-effective way for organizations to build domain-specific AI models without training from scratch, addressing limitations of prompt engineering and RAG approaches.