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The Moat Moved to the Runtime
Evals, provenance, and execution controls are merging into the agent runtime. The advantage is shifting from model quality to who owns the deployment surface.
Evals, provenance, and execution controls are merging into the agent runtime. The advantage is shifting from model quality to who owns the deployment surface.
Agent safety is shifting from a bolt-on audit layer into the runtime itself, and that quietly changes where the competitive moat sits.
Evals and security controls are being absorbed into the agent runtime. The moat is no longer model quality, it's control of the deployment surface.