Jido 2.0 Released: BEAM-First AI Agent Platform Now Available
By
mikehostetler
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
Jido 2.0, a major update to the AI agent platform, has been released after 18 months of development. Originally called BotHive, the platform has been completely rethought with a BEAM-first architecture (using Elixir) as the core foundation, positioning it as a production-ready solution for AI agent systems. The article explains how the creator moved away from TypeScript and Python frameworks that struggled with concurrent agent management, and instead embraced the BEAM virtual machine which was specifically designed for this type of concurrent, fault-tolerant work. The new version ships with simplified core architecture, production-ready AI strategies, and a growing ecosystem, available on the Hex package manager.
Key quotes
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TypeScript agent frameworks felt like toys. Single-threaded event loops trying to juggle concurrent agents with promises and prayer.
The BEAM was built for exactly this kind of work.
After working with it for a year, I'm convinced: the BEAM is the best runtime for agent systems.
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