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Foundry or Kubernetes? Look beyond the first agent deployment

Compare a simple agent deployment with the operational work behind session isolation, durable state, observability, and governance.

In this demo

Jeff deploys a financial-analysis agent to illustrate the difference between getting an agent running and operating it safely. A shared-state example exposes why session isolation matters. The walkthrough then explores the additional components needed for sandboxing, state management, and evaluation, and contrasts that work with the agent-specific capabilities shown in Foundry. It closes with trade-offs rather than a one-size-fits-all hosting recommendation.

Chapters

  1. 0:00Choosing where to run an agent
  2. 1:09The first deployment
  3. 3:14Shared state and session isolation
  4. 5:25Building the supporting platform
  5. 7:04Foundry's agent-specific runtime
  6. 8:30Hosting trade-offs