
Amazon Nova Forge enables organizations to build custom frontier AI models by starting from early Nova checkpoints, blending proprietary data with curated training data, and hosting models securely on AWS through SageMaker and Bedrock integration.


<div><p>This article introduces Amazon Nova Forge, a new AWS service enabling organizations to build custom frontier models using Nova checkpoints and their proprietary data.</p><ul><li>Start model development from early, mid, or post-training checkpoints</li><li>Blend proprietary data with Amazon Nova-curated training data to prevent catastrophic forgetting</li><li>Use reinforcement learning with custom reward functions from proprietary environments</li><li>Configure safety and content moderation settings via built-in responsible AI toolkit</li><li>Train models on Amazon SageMaker AI, then import as private models to Amazon Bedrock</li><li>Designed for manufacturing, R&D, media, and specialized industries needing domain expertise</li><li>Available in US East (N. Virginia) region</li></ul><p>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.</p></div>


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