Building a Unified AI Asset Catalog in Backstage

This lightning talk explores how Red Hat built a unified AI asset catalog using Backstage to solve the challenges of managing AI resources within organizations. Learn how platform engineers and app developers can benefit from a centralized system that organizes AI models and inference servers. John Collier shares practical experiences, both successes and challenges, in modeling AI assets in Backstage, demonstrating its effectiveness as a platform for AI resource management. Discover how to set up your own AI catalog in Backstage and explore potential extensions through software templates, Tekton pipelines, and API gateways. This 10-minute presentation provides valuable insights for organizations engaged in AI development who want to improve resource discoverability and management.