diff --git a/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props b/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
index 390e53d79456..02c7af83e566 100644
--- a/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.Inference" Version="1.0.0-beta.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.ContentSafety" Version="1.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="1.0.0-beta.17" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI.Assistants" Version="1.0.0-beta.4" />
diff --git a/dotnet/SK-dotnet.sln b/dotnet/SK-dotnet.sln
index b6cd87d2040b..50dacf0492bb 100644
--- a/dotnet/SK-dotnet.sln
+++ b/dotnet/SK-dotnet.sln
@@ -320,7 +320,11 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Connectors.Qdrant.UnitTests
 EndProject
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 EndProject
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+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "AIModelRouter", "samples\Demos\AIModelRouter\AIModelRouter.csproj", "{E06818E3-00A5-41AC-97ED-9491070CDEA1}"
+EndProject
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+EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests", "src\Connectors\Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests\Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests.csproj", "{572EDF3C-D3E2-4AEA-8039-93D37AC3BED2}"
 EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
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+		{E34695C3-B652-478C-BA7B-466249F5C7E1}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{E34695C3-B652-478C-BA7B-466249F5C7E1}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
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+		{E34695C3-B652-478C-BA7B-466249F5C7E1}.Publish|Any CPU.Build.0 = Publish|Any CPU
+		{E34695C3-B652-478C-BA7B-466249F5C7E1}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{E34695C3-B652-478C-BA7B-466249F5C7E1}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{572EDF3C-D3E2-4AEA-8039-93D37AC3BED2}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{572EDF3C-D3E2-4AEA-8039-93D37AC3BED2}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{572EDF3C-D3E2-4AEA-8039-93D37AC3BED2}.Publish|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{572EDF3C-D3E2-4AEA-8039-93D37AC3BED2}.Publish|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{572EDF3C-D3E2-4AEA-8039-93D37AC3BED2}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{572EDF3C-D3E2-4AEA-8039-93D37AC3BED2}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
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 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
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@@ -913,6 +929,8 @@ Global
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+		{572EDF3C-D3E2-4AEA-8039-93D37AC3BED2} = {1B4CBDE0-10C2-4E7D-9CD0-FE7586C96ED1}
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diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests/Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests.csproj b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests/Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4db51a22829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests/Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <AssemblyName>SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests</AssemblyName>
+    <RootNamespace>$(AssemblyName)</RootNamespace>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <ImplicitUsings>disable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA2007,CA1806,CA1869,CA1861,IDE0300,VSTHRD111,SKEXP0001,SKEXP0010,SKEXP0020,SKEXP0050,SKEXP0070</NoWarn>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio">
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector">
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Numerics.Tensors" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/test/AssertExtensions.cs" Link="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
+    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/test/HttpMessageHandlerStub.cs" Link="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
+    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/test/MultipleHttpMessageHandlerStub.cs" Link="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\SemanticKernel.Core\SemanticKernel.Core.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Connectors.AzureAIInference\Connectors.AzureAIInference.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Update="TestData\*">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="TestData\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AzureAIInference/Connectors.AzureAIInference.csproj b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AzureAIInference/Connectors.AzureAIInference.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38c92ffe48b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AzureAIInference/Connectors.AzureAIInference.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- THIS PROPERTY GROUP MUST COME FIRST -->
+    <AssemblyName>Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference</AssemblyName>
+    <RootNamespace>$(AssemblyName)</RootNamespace>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU5104;SKEXP0001,SKEXP0070</NoWarn>
+    <EnablePackageValidation>false</EnablePackageValidation>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- IMPORT NUGET PACKAGE SHARED PROPERTIES -->
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/nuget/nuget-package.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/src/InternalUtilities/src/InternalUtilities.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- NuGet Package Settings -->
+    <Title>Semantic Kernel - Azure AI Inference connectors</Title>
+    <Description>Semantic Kernel Model as a Service connectors for Azure AI Studio. Contains clients for chat completion, embeddings and text to image generation.</Description>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="SemanticKernel.Connectors.AzureAIInference.UnitTests" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\SemanticKernel.Core\SemanticKernel.Core.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.AI.Inference" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>