New AgentCore Runtime Announced by Amazon for AI Agents

Serdar HocamAuthor & Editor

Amazon Web Services introduced the new AgentCore runtime layer, offering memory management and flexible pricing for the production needs of artificial intelligence agents.

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The new AgentCore runtime: Elastic, optimized, and consistently fast starts | Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services has announced the new Amazon Bedrock AgentCore runtime layer, developed specifically for production-stage artificial intelligence agents. This managed infrastructure layer provides advanced memory management, consistent startup times, and flexible cost advantages.

New Infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence Agents

Artificial intelligence agents can today autonomously handle long-running and complex tasks such as claims processing, code writing, and cross-system coordination.

AgentCore Runtime Features

Eliminating the necessity for developers to build and maintain their own infrastructure, this fully managed environment is used by thousands of teams to run agents in production environments.

Advanced Memory Management

The new runtime architecture offers more efficient resource utilization by instantly releasing memory as soon as a session ends, rather than retaining it during peak consumption.

Consistent Startup and Cost

Offering consistent cold start times regardless of container size or concurrency, the system allows billing to directly track agent operations.