Vercel's Chief of Software on why AI agents are a new category of software
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Richard MacManus
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Andrew Qu, Chief of Software at Vercel, discusses how AI agents represent a fundamentally new category of software. He explains Vercel's journey building 'eve', their agent framework, and the key lessons learned around skills, sandboxes, and making websites agent-readable. Qu argues that agents differ from traditional software in their autonomy, tool-use capabilities, and interactive nature, and reveals that Vercel itself is evolving into an agentic platform.
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· 3 pulledAgents represent a new form of software — they're not just apps with AI bolted on, they're fundamentally different in how they interact with tools and users.
What we learned from building eve is that skills, sandboxes, and agent-readable websites are the critical infrastructure for the agent era.
Vercel itself is turning into an agent — the platform is becoming more autonomous and interactive.
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