Introducing Omnigent: an open meta-harness – Matei Zaharia, Co-founder and CTO, Databricks
Summary
Databricks introduces Omnigent, an open-source "meta-harness" designed to manage and build with AI agents by providing a common layer above individual agent harnesses. It enables agent composition, live collaboration, and enhanced control over cost and security through features like contextual policies and sandboxing.
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