  Seiberg-Witten theory can be embedded in F-theory using D3 branes probing an
orientifold geometry. The non-perturbative corrections in the orientifold
picture map directly to the instanton corrections in the corresponding gauge
theory that convert the classical moduli space to the quantum one. In this
short review we argue that the recently proposed class of conformal Gaiotto
models may also be embedded in F-theory. The F-theory constructions help us not
only to understand the Gaiotto dualities but also to extend to the
non-conformal cases with and without cascading behaviors. For the conformal
cases, the near horizon geometries in F-theory capture both the UV and IR
behaviors succinctly.
