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Tuesday, October 13, 2026 News · Playbooks · Momentum
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agent infrastructure

August 30, 2026 ยท Cloud & infrastructure

Open Agent Infrastructure Lowers the Cost of Building Vertical AI Products

AccuKnox has launched AgentZ, a platform for building, running and governing AI agents with a free hosted tier and an open repository, alongside on-premises and air-gapped deployment options. For smaller SaaS companies, the opportunity is straightforward: more of the generic infrastructure required to operate secure agents can now be reused, allowing founders to spend engineering resources on industry-specific workflows instead.

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