The Case for Agent-Native Infrastructure: Why Serverless Isn't Enough

A growing argument in the developer tooling space: AI agents need their own execution architecture with instant-boot isolated environments that can pause and resume mid-task.

The infrastructure layer for AI agents is becoming a distinct architectural category, separate from both traditional cloud computing and serverless functions. As @Runtools_ai argued, "Real agent execution requires a different architecture. It needs isolated environments that boot instantly but can pause and resume" — drawing an explicit parallel to the serverless revolution but noting that agents have fundamentally different execution patterns.

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