Browser Wars 2.0: Atlas makes the browser the agent runtime

Salesforce just moved enterprise AI agents from demos to production with Agentforce 360 embedded in Customer 360 and Slack. Here is the architecture, a 30‑day pilot, and the metrics leaders should track to prove ROI fast.

Mistral unveiled AI Studio with a Temporal-backed Agent Runtime, deep observability, and hybrid or on-prem deployment. It gives regulated European teams a credible, sovereign path to production agents today.

In 2025, cross-session memory moved from demo to default. Here is how ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude rolled it out, what the controls mean for privacy, and how to build it right.

Late 2025 turned data clouds and office suites into the shelves for AI agents. Databricks embeds frontier models in Agent Bricks, while Microsoft 365 lights up an Agent Store with governance and audit controls.

October 2025 turned agent interoperability from promise to plan. Google’s Agent2Agent and Microsoft’s MCP support finally let cross-vendor agents talk, act, and audit across stacks. Here is what changes next.

Unveiled at GitHub Universe on October 28, 2025, Agent HQ brings third party coding agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Cognition, and more into a neutral control plane inside the repository. Here is how it turns fragmented agent work into a single cockpit with clear plans, policy, and proof.

Google just shifted Vertex AI Agent Builder from ‘build a demo’ to ‘run a service.’ Self-healing, trace-first observability, and policy controls move AgentOps to the center of enterprise roadmaps.

Zapier reframed AI agents from chat helpers into an automation runtime. With pods, agent handoffs, and live knowledge, the center of gravity shifts to no-code orchestration for small and medium sized businesses.

Google just moved AI into the heart of work. With Gemini Deep Research pulling trusted context from Gmail, Drive, and Chat, briefs become living documents, actions hit calendars, and governance stays audit-ready. Here is why that shift matters and how to pilot it next week.