With Foundry, Microsoft bets the enterprise AI battle is about reliability, not capability
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Microsoft is positioning Foundry as an enterprise AI runtime built for production reliability, governance, and compliance rather than demo-level capability. The update set includes hosted agents, tool governance, evaluation frameworks, memory, knowledge retrieval, and new model options. Microsoft also introduces open standards like ASSERT and ACS to make agent testing and controls more portable and auditable. The platform additions are aimed at teams that want to move agents from prototype to production without rebuilding their stack. The announcement signals a broader push to make Foundry the default enterprise layer for agentic AI.
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