Product & Strategy
Build vs Buy for Agent Platforms
Decide what to own across models, orchestration, tools, memory, evaluation, observability, and governance.
Own the differentiating workflow
Your task definitions, domain tools, data contracts, evaluations, and user experience often contain the real product advantage. Keep them portable even when infrastructure comes from a vendor.
Buy commodity infrastructure
Managed model access, tracing, queues, and storage can accelerate an early product. Evaluate operational maturity, export paths, security controls, and pricing under multi-step workloads.
Plan for change
Models and frameworks evolve quickly. Use clear internal interfaces so a provider or orchestration layer can change without rewriting the product's core logic.