Rivet Actors: A Programming Primitive for Stateful Workloads in AI and Collaborative Applications
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NathanFlurry
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Summary
Rivet Actors are a new programming primitive for stateful workloads, designed as long-running, lightweight processes with in-memory state and automatic persistence. They're built specifically for AI agents, collaborative applications, and durable execution scenarios. The technology provides a simplified alternative to traditional infrastructure like Kubernetes, offering built-in workflows, queues, scheduling, and networking capabilities. Rivet Actors can be created per agent, per session, or per user, making them suitable for various stateful application patterns.
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State lives in-memory with automatic persistence.
Create one per agent, per session, or per user — with built-in workflows, queues, and scheduling.
One primitive that adapts to agents, workflows, collaboration, and more.
Built for AI agents, collaborative apps, and durable execution.
Rivet Actors are the primitive for stateful workloads. Built for AI agents, collaborative apps, and durable execution. - rivet-dev/rivet
