Blaxel News
Securing the open frontier with NVIDIA OpenShell and Blaxel sandboxes
Baseten is a launch partner for the NVIDIA Agent Safety Platform and supports OpenShell in the latest generation of Blaxel Sandboxes.
4 min read
The Blaxel Blog
Engineering deep-dives on virtualization, microVM caching, filesystem restores, and the rest of what it takes to run autonomous agents.
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September 2026
Customer Case Study
How Sapiom ran 2.5 million agent sandboxes in three months on Blaxel
Sapiom needed to go from zero to millions of autonomous agent runs, without a quarter spent building infrastructure first. This is how the bet on Blaxel paid off.
12 min read
Blaxel News
How to Combine Sandbox Safety with a Decision Layer That Gets the Job Done
Sandboxes let coding agents act safely. Decision layers make sure they act correctly. How Blaxel and Rippletide think about combining both.
5 min read
Customer Case Study
How Reason Machines Built an Autonomous Software Engineer on Blaxel
How YC-backed Reason Machines uses Blaxel sandboxes to power an autonomous software engineer that ships PRs on its own and cuts idle compute costs by 10 to 15%.
12 min read
Blaxel is joining Baseten to build the future of agentic infrastructure
Blaxel has joined Baseten to build the future of agentic infrastructure. The platform keeps running. Here’s what it means for customers and for the agentic cloud.
5 min read
Blaxel News
Close your laptop. Keep DeepSeek Harness working on Blaxel.
Take your DeepSeek Harness task to a private Blaxel host and let it keep working. Review the patch, then return the files and conversation to your computer.
4 min read
Blaxel News
Give each Herdr coding agent its own Blaxel sandbox
Run coding tasks in their own Blaxel sandboxes from Herdr. Inspect the app, compare results, and choose which patches reach your local repository.
4 min read
Blaxel News
Blaxel brings persistent workspaces to OpenAI's Agents API
Turn one agent's findings into the next agent's starting point. Blaxel gives OpenAI agents isolated computers and persistent files for work that spans tasks and teams.
4 min read
July 2026
Blaxel News
Choosing a sandbox is choosing your agent infrastructure
StarSling benchmarked our compute layer. Production agents also need their work to persist and the right networking and controls around that compute.
2 min read
Blaxel News
Your agent is only as fast as its slowest bottleneck
Blaxel was the only provider ranked in the top two across all six headline performance metrics in StarSling's July 23 sandbox benchmark.
2 min read
Blaxel News
Now available: Blaxel and Sapiom team up to let agents buy their own sandboxes
AI agents can now use Sapiom wallets to provision Blaxel perpetual sandboxes, run batch jobs, and deploy applications with built-in spend controls.
3 min read
Blaxel News
Shared filesystems for agents at MCP Dev Summit Mumbai 2026
Read a recap of Vikram Vaswani's talk at MCP Dev Summit Mumbai and see how Blaxel Agent Drive simplifies state sharing for agents.
5 min read
Customer Case Study
HackerSquad streamlines developer time-to-value with Blaxel sandboxes
HackerSquad uses Blaxel sandboxes to launch cloud IDEs in seconds, eliminating workshop setup friction and enabling hundreds of developers to code in isolated environments simultaneously.
8 min read
June 2026
Customer Case Study
Runwork accelerates collaborative enterprise AI workflows by 10x using Blaxel
Runwork leverages Blaxel's perpetual sandboxes and custom images to run low-latency, stateful AI agent workflows for enterprise teams without infrastructure overhead.
5 min read
Customer Case Study
Corvera scales up enterprise CPG operations with Blaxel
Corvera built an agentic workforce for CPG brands with Blaxel sandboxes, unlocking a key product feature and achieving 2x faster performance.
6 min read
Blaxel News
Blaxel now supports Claude Managed Agents with self-hosted sandbox execution
Blaxel integrates with Claude Managed Agents as a self-hosted sandbox provider, giving developers full control over code execution, networking, and state while Anthropic manages orchestration.
8 min read
Customer Case Study
CodSpeed uses Claude Managed Agents and Blaxel to optimize your code performance
CodSpeed uses Claude Managed Agents with self-hosted Blaxel sandboxes to optimize customer code and deliver measurable performance improvements.
10 min read
Blaxel News
Let your agents provision Blaxel resources with Stripe
AI agents can now provision Blaxel accounts and resources through Stripe Projects using your existing Stripe payment methods - no dashboards, manual signup, or credential management required.
8 min read
Engineering
Choose the right storage for your Blaxel agents
Blaxel agents have three storage options: the sandbox filesystem, volumes, and Agent Drive. Understand what each option does and when to use it.
12 min read
April 2026
Blaxel News
Hands-on AI sandbox workshop at Open Source Day 2026
Read a recap of Vikram Vaswani's workshop at Open Source Day 2026.
4 min read
Blaxel News
Native support for Blaxel sandboxes in the new OpenAI Agents SDK
Blaxel is a first-class sandbox provider in the OpenAI Agents SDK. AI builders can create agents that safely run arbitrary code in fast, isolated sandboxes on Blaxel's high-performance platform.
4 min read
March 2026
Engineering
Understand the lifecycle of a Blaxel sandbox
Learn how sandboxes are built, managed, billed, and cleaned up behind the scenes.
12 min read
February 2026
Blaxel News
Demoing shared drives for agents at the Beyond Skills SF meetup
I spoke at the Beyond Skills meetup earlier this week about shared context for agents. Here's the recap.
3 min read
Blaxel News
Give your coding agent Blaxel superpowers
The Blaxel Agent Skill lets your coding agent autonomously create sandboxes, deploy agents, run jobs, and launch apps - all from a simple prompt.
5 min read
Blaxel News
Efficiently connect agents and APIs with “code mode” on Blaxel
"Code mode" is now natively supported on Blaxel for OpenAPI-compatible APIs. With this, you can expose any OpenAPI specification to your agents as an MCP server hosted on Blaxel.
6 min read
Blaxel News
Experiment safely with OpenClaw in a Blaxel sandbox
Run OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot, Moltbot) safely inside a Blaxel Sandbox instead of your own computer.
10 min read
Customer Case Study
Build0 cuts sandbox costs by 80% using Blaxel
Build0 reduced AI infrastructure costs by 80% using Blaxel. Learn how our instant scale-to-zero sandboxes eliminate idle compute for bursty agentic workloads.
6 min read
Blaxel News
Run Claude Code safely with Blaxel sandboxes
Connect your Claude Agent SDK agents to remote, secure Blaxel sandboxes, and cohost the agent itself for near instant latency.
4 min read
January 2026
Customer Case Study
SpawnLabs enables real-time previews for coding agents using Blaxel
SpawnLabs relies on Blaxel's perpetual sandboxes and real-time previews for its coding agents to "see" and iterate on code in real-time before production.
7 min read
Engineering
What if Lambda and EC2 had a baby?
Building for agentics requires more than just containers. We moved to bare metal to give agents instant-launching persistent sandboxes. An anatomy of our runtime.
12 min read
Customer Case Study
Mendral builds the first 24/7 AI DevOps engineer using Blaxel
Docker founding engineers Sam Alba & Andrea Luzzardi built Mendral, the first 24/7 AI DevOps engineer, using Blaxel. See how our secure sandboxes power autonomous agents.
7 min read
Engineering
We slashed our network latency to under 50 milliseconds
Our next-gen infra reduces request latency to sub-50 ms, enabling near-instant agentic responses across the network.
10 min read
December 2025
Blaxel News
Rippletide and Blaxel partner for secure and trustworthy AI agents
Blaxel and Rippletide partner to offer enterprises a full-stack solution for deploying secure, high-performance, trustworthy AI agents with real-time code execution and reduced hallucinations.
3 min read
Engineering
How we optimized MCP servers for serverless (or: From SSE to WebSockets)
A deep-dive into our journey making MCP servers compatible with WebSockets.
12 min read
Blaxel News
Blaxel raises $7.3M seed round led by First Round to build cloud infrastructure for the AI agent economy
We're excited to announce that Blaxel has raised $7.3M in seed funding from First Round, Y Combinator, Liquid 2, Multimodal and others.
8 min read
Engineering
Stop paying for idle: how we built per-second metering for Blaxel Sandboxes
How we built event-driven usage metering for Blaxel Sandboxes, AI Hosting and Batch Jobs, to ensure credit-based billing only for when compute is really used.
10 min read
Blaxel News
Introducing agentic traces
See exactly what your AI agents are doing under the hood with zero setup required.
5 min read
Blaxel News
Introducing HuggingFace integration
Blaxel now integrates with HuggingFace, allowing you to connect to and deploy AI models directly through the platform.
3 min read
Engineering
How to slash sandbox memory usage by 75% using OverlayFS
We improved sandbox performance with OverlayFS and EROFS technologies, cutting memory usage by 75%. Discover how we did it.
7 min read
Blaxel News
Introducing Pactory integration
Blaxel is now officially integrated with Pactory, the AI Agents Marketplace!
3 min read
Customer Case Study
How Jazzberry eliminated downtime with Blaxel
Discover how Jazzberry eliminated downtime by migrating to a reliable, serverless sandbox architecture on Blaxel.
4 min read
Customer Case Study
Delty builds secure, high-context AI pull request reviews with Blaxel sandboxes
Delty uses Blaxel sandboxes to deliver secure, isolated AI PR reviews for 4+ enterprise customers, analyzing entire codebases with 25ms standby resumes.
4 min read
Guides
Guides
How to run batch jobs across many isolated AI agent sandboxes
Learn how to schedule AI agent batch jobs with task-level microVM isolation. Step-by-step guide covering configuration, monitoring, failure handling, and output collection.
12 min read
Guides
Fan-out execution: how to run AI tasks in parallel without provisioning
Fan-out execution splits large AI jobs into parallel tasks on elastic compute. Learn how Batch Jobs provision workers on demand and scale down after completion.
11 min read
Guides
Deny by default: network isolation patterns for autonomous AI code
Allow-all outbound networking fails for autonomous AI code. Learn deny-by-default egress patterns, domain allow-listing, and DNS controls that block data leaks.
11 min read
Guides
Auditable egress: how to log every proxy-routed network call an AI agent makes
Agent frameworks miss outbound calls from generated code. Learn how infrastructure-level egress logging creates a complete, tamper-resistant AI agent audit trail.
14 min read
Guides
Static IPs for AI agent sandboxes: dedicated egress guide
Learn how dedicated egress gateways give AI agent sandboxes fixed outbound IPs, satisfy partner allowlists, and unblock enterprise API integrations.
11 min read
Guides
Daytona vs Northflank vs Blaxel: Agent Infra Compared
Compare Daytona, Northflank, and Blaxel on isolation, lifecycle billing, and compliance for AI agent code execution workloads.
12 min read
Guides
E2B vs Modal vs Blaxel: sandbox for production AI agents
Compare E2B, Modal, and Blaxel on sandbox lifecycle, state persistence, networking, and pricing to find the right fit for production AI agents.
12 min read
Guides
E2B vs Daytona vs Blaxel: AI sandbox comparison
Compare E2B, Daytona, and Blaxel on isolation, idle billing, state persistence, and networking to pick the right sandbox for your AI agent in 2026.
12 min read
Guides
E2B vs CodeSandbox vs Blaxel: sandbox comparison 2026
Compare E2B, CodeSandbox, and Blaxel on sandbox lifecycle, standby retention, networking, and pricing to find the right fit for your production agent workloads.
11 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs Northflank: Agent compute and isolation compared
Compare Blaxel and Northflank on sandbox isolation, process state after pause, GPU support, and pricing. Find out which platform fits your agent workload.
8 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs Vercel Sandbox: Agent Infrastructure Compared
Compare Blaxel and Vercel Sandbox on state persistence, resume latency, pricing, and production agent fit. See which platform handles your workload best.
9 min read
Guides
Best microVM platforms for AI agent isolation in 2026
Compare Blaxel, Fly.io, Daytona, and E2B on isolation model, resume speed, state persistence, networking, and pricing for production AI agents.
13 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs Cloudflare Sandbox: State Persistence Compared
Blaxel preserves filesystem and process state in standby. Cloudflare Sandboxes delete everything on sleep. Compare isolation, pricing, and fit for coding agents.
8 min read
Guides
5 best HIPAA-compliant AI sandboxes with a BAA in 2026
Compare AI sandbox vendors that sign BAAs in 2026. Covers Fly.io, Blaxel, Modal, Runloop, and Vercel Sandbox with isolation models and pricing.
15 min read
Guides
Execution substrate vs sandbox: key differences explained
Learn how execution substrates differ from sandboxes in AI agent infrastructure, covering placement, state, networking, storage, and billing in production systems.
12 min read
Guides
Execution substrate for AI agents: what & why it matters
Learn what an execution substrate is for AI agents, why traditional compute fails, and how to evaluate isolation, state persistence, and cost for production.
11 min read
Guides
Infrastructure foundation for autonomous agents explained
Learn why traditional cloud infrastructure fails autonomous agents and what compute, storage, and networking primitives a purpose-built foundation requires.
12 min read
Guides
How to handle agent code execution under heavy concurrency without cold starts
Learn how to architect agent code execution for heavy concurrency without cold starts using warm standby, pre-warmed pools, and snapshot-based sandboxes.
11 min read
Guides
MicroVM vs Docker for AI agent isolation: which is faster
Compare microVM and Docker performance, isolation strength, and security tradeoffs for AI agent workloads. Boot times, escape risks, and when to use each.
11 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs Beam: Sandbox comparison for AI agents
Compare Blaxel and Beam on isolation model, standby lifecycle, pricing, and networking. Find out which platform fits agent code execution vs. GPU inference.
8 min read
Guides
Best Koyeb alternatives for AI agent sandboxes in 2026
Koyeb's 24-hour sandbox limit and Mistral acquisition pushing you to evaluate options? Compare 5 alternatives on isolation, state persistence, and pricing.
10 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs Fly.io for AI agent sandbox deployment
Compare Blaxel and Fly.io on standby behavior, state persistence, networking, and pricing for production AI agent sandboxes. Find out which platform fits your workload.
9 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs Render for AI agent runtime environments
Render excels at web apps and APIs. Blaxel handles isolated agent code execution with sub-25ms resume and perpetual standby. Here's how to choose.
8 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs Koyeb for persistent AI agent sandboxes
Compare Blaxel and Koyeb for persistent AI agent sandboxes. See how lifecycle behavior, isolation, pricing, and GPU support differ for production agent workloads.
11 min read
Guides
5 best sandbox platforms for regulated industries (healthcare, finance, government)
Compare sandbox platforms for healthcare, finance, and government. See which offer HIPAA BAAs, microVM isolation, and egress controls auditors require.
15 min read
Guides
5 best sandbox platforms with managed networking for AI agents
Compare 5 sandbox platforms on egress control, static IPs, and secrets injection for AI agents. Find the right fit for enterprise networking requirements.
15 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs E2B: Which sandbox fits your agent?
Compare Blaxel and E2B on sandbox lifecycle, networking, pricing, and compliance. Find out which platform fits your production agent workload.
10 min read
Guides
The E2B session limit (and what happens to agent state)
E2B enforces a 24-hour session limit on Pro. Learn what happens to agent state, how pause/resume works, and when to consider alternatives.
10 min read
Guides
How to run untrusted LLM-generated code safely in production
Learn how to isolate, constrain, and govern LLM-generated code in production using microVMs, runtime safeguards, and egress controls.
11 min read
Guides
What happens when AI-generated code escapes the sandbox
LLM-generated code breaks container security assumptions every request. Learn why hypervisor-level isolation protects multi-tenant AI infrastructure.
12 min read
Guides
5 Render Alternatives for AI Agent Code Execution in 2026
Render lacks per-task isolation for AI agents. Compare Blaxel, Modal, Daytona, Fly.io, and E2B on isolation models, standby cost, and pricing.
14 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs Railway in 2026: AI agent infrastructure compared
Railway hosts your app stack. Blaxel runs agent code execution with microVM isolation, perpetual standby, and zero idle compute cost.
9 min read
Guides
Railway alternatives for AI agent sandboxes and cloud code execution in 2026
Compare 5 Railway alternatives for AI agent sandboxes: Blaxel, Fly.io, Daytona, Modal, and E2B. Covers isolation, idle billing, and production limits.
12 min read
Guides
What are dynamic AI agents?
Dynamic AI agents generate plans at inference time, adapting to novel conditions static workflows can't handle. Learn how they work and when to deploy them.
11 min read
Guides
Build vs buy AI sandbox infrastructure: real cost breakdown
Should you build Firecracker sandbox infrastructure or buy a managed platform? See the full year-one cost breakdown before your team commits.
12 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs Daytona: Sandbox comparison for AI agents
Compare Blaxel and Daytona on isolation, standby billing, and state continuity. See which platform fits your coding agent workload.
7 min read
Guides
Multi-tenant AI agent isolation for SaaS platforms
Learn how microVM isolation, per-tenant networking, and scoped storage protect your AI SaaS customers from cross-tenant breaches and resource exhaustion.
12 min read
Guides
Agent Infrastructure Reliability: The Real Buying Criterion
Reliability outweighs features as the buying criterion for agent infrastructure. Learn how to evaluate uptime, SLAs, and incident history before you commit.
10 min read
Guides
5 Northflank Alternatives for AI Code Execution in 2026
Compare 5 Northflank alternatives built for AI agent workloads: Blaxel, Fly.io, Daytona, E2B, and Beam. Pricing, isolation models, and idle costs compared.
17 min read
Guides
Blaxel vs Modal in 2026: Agent sandbox comparison
Blaxel holds sandbox state in perpetual standby at zero compute cost. Modal excels at GPU workloads. Compare isolation, pricing, and session continuity.
17 min read
Guides
6 Best SOC 2 compliant sandbox providers
Compare SOC 2 Type I vs Type II sandbox providers for AI agent code execution. See isolation methods, state persistence, and compliance scope by vendor.
11 min read
Guides
Preview Environments for AI-Generated Apps
AI generates code in seconds, but preview infrastructure takes minutes. Learn how to architect instant preview environments with sub-second provisioning.
10 min read
Guides
Isolated environments for running untrusted Python from LLMs
Learn which Python sandbox pattern holds against LLM-generated code: process, container, or microVM isolation matched to your production threat model.
13 min read
Guides
Why AI agent sandbox bills balloon, and how scale-to-zero fixes it
AI agent sandbox bills spike from idle compute and cold starts. Learn how scale-to-zero with state preservation cuts costs without breaking latency.
11 min read
Guides
Sandbox vs runtime vs code interpreter: a buyer's decision framework
Stop misaligning vendor evaluations. Learn how sandboxes, runtimes, and code interpreters differ in trust models, isolation, and state persistence.
11 min read
Guides
How to give an AI agent persistent memory between runs
Learn how to give AI agents persistent memory across sessions using vector databases, persistent sandboxes, and shared filesystems for production workflows.
12 min read
Guides
The compounding cost of cold starts across agent tool calls
Cold start latency compounds across agent tool calls, adding seconds of overhead per interaction. Learn how to measure, quantify, and eliminate it.
12 min read
Guides
Disposable cloud IDEs for enterprise events
Disposable cloud IDEs give every participant an identical environment in minutes. Learn how to choose the right platform for hackathons and onboarding.
11 min read
Guides
5 Vercel Sandbox alternatives for secure AI code execution
Compare Blaxel, E2B, Modal, Fly.io, and Cloudflare as Vercel Sandbox alternatives for secure AI code execution in production agent workloads.
12 min read
Guides
AWS DIY vs Managed Sandbox: True TCO Breakdown
Compare real total cost of ownership for AWS DIY sandbox vs managed providers. See where cold starts, idle compute, and DevOps time compound fastest.
12 min read
Guides
How to add outbound allow-listing and egress control to an agent sandbox
Map outbound patterns, pick the right egress control layer, and satisfy SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 security reviews for agent sandboxes.
11 min read
Guides
MCP Server Hosting for AI Agents: A Production Guide
Learn hosting approaches for MCP servers in production: self-hosted, serverless, and managed options with security, latency, and scaling guidance.
10 min read
Guides
TypeScript SDK for AI agent sandboxes & code execution
Learn what first-class TypeScript support means for sandbox SDKs, how to evaluate production options, and how to integrate with Vercel AI SDK and OpenAI.
8 min read
Guides
Sandbox provider security assessment: a checklist for enterprise buyers
Standard vendor questionnaires miss sandbox-specific risks. Use this checklist to assess isolation, compliance, data lifecycle, and credentials.
11 min read
Guides
Defining the perpetual sandbox
A perpetual sandbox preserves agent state, stops billing during idle, and resumes in under 25ms. Learn how it differs from ephemeral and persistent models.
9 min read
Guides
5 Top AI Agent Runtime Tools for Production Workloads
Compare AI agent runtimes across isolation, state persistence, and resume latency. Find the right platform before infrastructure delays your roadmap.
14 min read
Guides
Depot Remote Sandbox Alternatives for AI Agent Workloads
Compare Depot Remote Sandbox alternatives: Blaxel, E2B, Fly.io, Vercel Sandbox, and Cloudflare Containers for production AI agent workloads.
14 min read
Guides
Best Platforms for High-Concurrency Sandbox Environments
Compare five sandbox platforms on isolation model, resume latency, state persistence, and concurrency for production AI agent workloads.
10 min read
Guides
Best Platforms for Long-Running and Persistent Sandbox Environments
Compare 5 platforms for long-running AI agent sandboxes. Covers state persistence, resume speed, isolation models, and cost tradeoffs for production workloads.
13 min read
Guides
Sub-second sandbox startup: what is actually possible in 2026
Cold creation vs. resume from standby, what platforms actually deliver, and how to benchmark sandbox startup performance for your agent workload.
13 min read
Guides
AI sandbox data residency controls: a guide for regulated industries
Learn how region pinning, encryption at rest, and cross-border execution controls protect regulated AI agent workloads in compliant sandbox deployments.
13 min read
Guides
Fly.io Sprites Alternatives for AI Agent Sandboxes
Compare Fly.io Sprites alternatives including Blaxel, E2B, Modal, Vercel Sandbox, and Cloudflare Containers for production AI agent workloads.
13 min read
Guides
Top Cloudflare Containers Alternatives for AI Sandboxes
Compare Blaxel, E2B, Modal, Fly.io, and Beam Cloud as Cloudflare Containers alternatives for AI sandboxes. Find the right isolation and state persistence.
15 min read
Guides
Beam Cloud Sandbox Alternatives for AI Code Execution
Beam falls short for production AI agents. Compare 5 alternatives for isolation, standby efficiency, and agent hosting to find the right fit.
14 min read
Guides
How to Safely Run AI-Generated Code in Production
Learn how to safely run AI-generated code in production with the right isolation model, execution architecture, and operational controls for multi-tenant agents.
14 min read
Guides
Running RL agents in secure sandboxes: isolation and persistence
Learn how to run RL agents in secure sandboxes with microVM isolation, state persistence, and cost-efficient parallel rollouts for production training.
14 min read
Guides
Remote Code Execution Sandboxes: Architecture, Security, and Trade-Offs
Compare microVM, container, and WASM sandbox architectures for AI agents. Learn which isolation model fits your security, latency, and compliance needs.
13 min read
Guides
How to fix cold start latency in AI sandboxes: techniques and tradeoffs
Learn why cold starts hit AI agents harder than web apps and how to fix them with pre-warming, snapshots, co-location, and perpetual standby.
15 min read
Guides
How to keep AI sandboxes warm without paying for idle compute
Learn how snapshot-based standby removes the cold-start tax from AI sandbox infrastructure and cuts idle compute costs for agent workloads.
12 min read
Guides
AI sandbox providers with custom domain support
Compare AI sandbox providers with custom domain support. Learn which platforms handle TLS automation, static egress IPs, and proxy secrets injection natively.
12 min read
Guides
Zero data retention AI sandboxes: how to evaluate vendor claims
ZDR claims often miss execution logs, memory snapshots, and telemetry. Learn how to audit vendor DPAs and find architectures that hold up under procurement.
13 min read
Guides
8 Reasons Why Teams Choose Blaxel for Persistent AI Sandboxes
See why engineering teams at companies like WebFlow, and more trust persistent AI sandboxes—from sub-25ms resume to SOC 2 compliance.
10 min read
Guides
E2B Alternatives: Sandbox Environments for 2026
E2B has real production limits. Compare 5 alternatives—Blaxel, Daytona, CodeSandbox, Modal, and Runloop—to find the right sandbox for your AI agents in 2026.
15 min read
Guides
What is a code execution API? Best options for coding agents
Learn what code execution APIs are, how coding agents use them, and compare top platforms including Gemini, Claude, E2B, Modal, Daytona, and Blaxel.
15 min read
Guides
Lambda Alternatives for AI Agents: Solving Cold Starts, State Loss, and Idle Costs
Lambda's cold starts, state loss, and idle costs break AI agents in production. Compare Blaxel, Modal, E2B, Fly.io, and Cloudflare Workers to find the right fit.
13 min read
Guides
5 Best Serverless Computing Platforms for AI
Compare the top serverless platforms for AI workloads: cold starts, state persistence, GPU support, and pricing. Find the right fit for your agent stack.
14 min read
Guides
Best Sandboxes for Coding Agents: A Practical Comparison
Compare the best sandboxes for coding agents: Blaxel, Runloop, Fly.io, Morph, and Vercel. Evaluate resume speed, state persistence, and isolation strength.
11 min read
Guides
5 Best Code Execution Sandboxes for AI Agents
Compare top code execution sandboxes for AI agents. Covers isolation models, cold start latency, state persistence, and pricing across Blaxel, E2B, Daytona, and more.
11 min read
Guides
Top AI Sandbox Platforms for Secure Code Execution
Compare AI sandbox platforms on isolation technology, compliance, and execution speed. See how microVM vs. container security affects your production agent deployments.
11 min read
Guides
Ephemeral vs. persistent execution environments for AI agents
See why ephemeral sandboxes are holding back production AI agents. Compare environments across latency, cost, and state persistence to pick the right fit.
10 min read
Guides
How to set up a code execution environment for autonomous agents
Learn how to build a secure, fast, stateful code execution environment for autonomous agents. Architecture decisions, setup steps, and validation checks.
11 min read
Guides
MCP: Why production agents need both standardized tools and dynamic sandboxes
MCP standardizes tool discovery but doesn't run code. Learn how combining MCP with dynamic sandboxes closes the execution gap in production AI agents.
13 min read
Guides
AWS Lambda vs Google Cloud Functions: A Comparison Guide
Compare AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions on concurrency, cold starts, pricing, and security. Make the right serverless choice for your production workloads.
12 min read
Guides
5 serverless GPU platforms for AI workloads
Compare Together AI, cerebrium, baseten, replicate, and fal.ai. Find the best serverless GPU platform for your AI workload, budget, and team.
11 min read
Guides
5 Best Cloud Sandboxes for AI Agents in 2026
Compare top cloud sandbox platforms for AI agents: Blaxel, E2B, Modal, Daytona, and CodeSandbox. Covers isolation, resume speed, state persistence, and pricing.
12 min read
Guides
What is an AI agent runtime environment?
Learn what AI agent runtimes do, how they differ from frameworks and model serving, and what components matter when evaluating one for production workloads.
16 min read
Guides
How does agentic AI architecture work?
Learn how agentic AI architecture connects context assembly, reasoning, memory, and governance layers into a production-grade system that scales beyond single agents.
13 min read
Guides
What is runtime threat detection and why do coding agents need it?
Learn what runtime threat detection is, why static security fails AI coding agents, and how to architect detection across model, workload, and cloud layers.
13 min read
Guides
The truth about AI agent development costs: Why traditional sandbox billing breaks for coding agent workloads
Traditional sandbox billing was built for stateless functions, not coding agents. Learn why costs spike and how to align agent behavior and billing.
16 min read
Guides
Serverless vs. containers: why micro-VMs fit code-executing AI agent workloads better
Compare serverless, containers, and micro-VMs for AI agents. See how cold starts, isolation, state, and cost differ across all three architectures.
16 min read
Guides
TypeScript vs Python for AI agents: a decision framework for production teams
Compare TypeScript and Python for building AI agents in production. A decision framework based on team composition, use case, deployment model, and when to use both together.
14 min read
Guides
AWS Lambda GPU support in 2026: the state of serverless AI infrastructure
AWS Lambda has no GPU support in 2026. Learn how enterprise teams build hybrid architectures with Lambda for orchestration, GPU services for inference, and sandbox platforms for agent execution.
16 min read
Guides
MCP vs function calling: how to choose the right protocol for your agent platform
Compare MCP and function calling across coupling, governance, reuse, and cost. Learn when to use each, how hybrid architectures work, and a decision framework for multi-team agent platforms.
14 min read
Guides
7 Best LLMs for coding in April 2026
Compare the top 7 LLMs for coding in 2026, including Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5.4, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Kimi K2.5, DeepSeek V3.2, Qwen3.5, and Grok 4.1. Benchmarks, pricing, and production fit analyzed.
18 min read
Guides
MCP use cases: real-world applications for AI agents in production
Explore five production MCP use cases, from secure code execution to cross-system automation. Learn how the Model Context Protocol changes agent architecture and how to adopt it incrementally.
12 min read
Guides
What is an MCP server: how AI agents connect to tools and APIs
MCP standardizes how AI agents connect to tools. Build integrations once, connect everywhere. Covers protocol details, security, and production deployment.
16 min read
Guides
What is a trusted execution environment? Secure infrastructure for AI agents
Standard encryption protects data at rest and in transit. TEEs protect it during computation. Learn how they work and where they fit for AI agents.
16 min read
Guides
How to deploy AI agents in production
The gap between prototype and production is where most agent projects stall. Step-by-step deployment, security controls, and scaling for production agents.
16 min read
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The AI agent infrastructure stack: what engineering leaders need to get right
Your agent worked in staging. Production exposed every infrastructure gap. Learn the five layers of the AI agent stack and where poor choices hurt most.
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How do AI agents execute code?
Code generation and code execution are different risk profiles. Learn the full loop: reasoning, runtime isolation, tool calling, and iteration.
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AI data governance in 2026: What engineering leaders need to know
EU AI Act high-risk enforcement begins August 2, 2026. What engineering teams must build: data lineage, audit logging, bias detection, and sandboxing.
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What is AI-generated code detection and why does it matter for production security?
AI-generated code introduced security flaws in 45% of test cases. Learn how to detect it, spot common vulnerability patterns, and build governance.
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AI agents for data analysis: Examples, security risks, and how to build your own
AI agents for data analysis accept natural language requests and execute multi-step analytical workflows autonomously. Examples, risks, and how to build.
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LLM data security: How to protect sensitive data when agents execute code
Agents mix reasoning, tool use, and code execution in one session. Traditional security can't inspect what happens inside. Learn how to close the gap.
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The 9 best AI agents for coding, business automation, and IT ops
9 AI agents across coding, business, and IT ops compared. Honest assessments of what works, where limitations exist, and who gets the most value.
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What is LLM function calling? How AI agents connect to external tools and APIs
LLM function calling lets agents generate structured JSON to invoke external tools instead of hallucinating data. Covers how it works and use cases
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What is zero-shot prompting?
Zero-shot prompting lets AI complete tasks without examples. Learn how it powers production coding agents via instruction tuning and pre-training
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An engineering team's guide to AI code security
AI-generated code carries 16-18% vulnerability rates. Learn microVM isolation, least-privilege access, and runtime monitoring for AI coding agents
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HumanEval benchmark: what it tells you about coding agent capabilities
HumanEval scores look great on pitch decks but miss what production coding agents need. Learn how to read claims and build a real evaluation framework
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LLM coding benchmarks explained: how to evaluate models for production coding agents
LLM coding benchmarks don't predict production performance. Learn which ones matter, run internal evals, and build a model selection framework
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What are guardrails for AI agents?
Guardrails for AI agents constrain autonomous behavior through input filtering, runtime validation, and execution isolation. Covers types, frameworks, and enterprise deployment.
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How to choose between serverless vs. dedicated containers for LLM hosting
Compare serverless vs. dedicated containers for LLM hosting. Learn how sandboxes complete the architecture when agents generate and run code.
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What are LLM agents? Architecture, tools, and production infrastructure
Understand LLM agent architecture, infrastructure requirements for production deployments, and how agents differ from chatbots. Technical guide.
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AI runtime security: how to protect agent code execution in production
AI agents that write and run code need runtime security beyond traditional AppSec. Covers threats, microVM isolation, and layered defenses for engineering leaders.
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Agentic AI governance: building trustworthy AI
40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by 2027. Learn the policies, technical controls, and infrastructure needed to govern autonomous agents in production.
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Best RunPod alternatives for CPU sandbox platforms
Compare RunPod alternatives for running code execution, including Blaxel's perpetual sandbox platform.
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What does SOC 2 compliance look like in the age of AI?
AI agents break traditional SOC 2 assumptions with code generation and autonomous decisions. Learn how to implement SOC 2 in AI infrastructure.
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An engineering team's guide to building agentic AI applications with a problem-first approach
Building agentic AI applications with a problem-first approach: validate use cases early, define metrics, and reduce engineering waste.
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MCP vs. APIs: What's the difference and when to use each
Compare MCP vs APIs for AI agent development. Learn key differences in latency, security, and when to choose each approach for coding agents.
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Modal pricing and alternatives: How to choose the right infrastructure for AI workloads
Compare Modal pricing against alternatives for ML workloads vs. CPU-focused platforms for AI agent sandboxing.
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Best Daytona.io alternatives for sandbox environments in 2026
Compare Daytona dev environment pricing against top alternatives like Blaxel, Vercel Sandbox, Cloudflare, Modal, and E2B.
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CodeSandbox alternatives for building secure AI agents
Compare production-grade AI agent sandboxing platforms including Blaxel, E2B, and Runloop. Evaluate isolation, resume times, and standby duration.
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Serverless computing use cases: A practical guide for AI agent development
Serverless computing use cases for AI agents executing code: PR review, testing automation, refactoring, RAG, plus when to use microVMs.
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Sandbox management for AI coding agents: Common use cases and best practices for automated lifecycles
Learn sandbox management for AI code execution: isolation, resource limits, network controls, automated lifecycle, security monitoring.
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What is tenant isolation and why do coding agents need it?
Tenant isolation secures multi-tenant AI platforms executing code. Learn why hardware-enforced boundaries matter for agents.
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AI observability: How to monitor production agents safely
AI observability catches agent failures traditional monitoring misses. Track hallucinations, context loss, infinite loops, and tool misuse.
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What is browser sandboxing and when should you use it?
Learn how browser sandboxing isolates web content, when to use containers vs. microVMs, and best practices for production deployment.
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What is container escape and how do you avoid it?
Learn how browser sandboxing isolates web content, when to use containers vs. microVMs, and best practices for production deployment.
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What is a sandbox environment?
A sandbox is an isolated execution environment that separates untrusted or experimental code from critical system resources.
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What is an AI sandbox and why should you use one?
Traditional infrastructure wasn't built to handle AI-generated code that writes itself at runtime. AI sandboxes provide the isolation architecture needed to run untrusted code safely in production.
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How to build a voice agent
We have built a voice agent on Blaxel and made it available as a template!
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Integrating n8n with Blaxel
Orchestrate Blaxel agents with n8n workflows for non-technical teams to run multi-agent AIs easily.
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LangChain: Building powerful AI applications via Blaxel
In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI development, LangChain has emerged as a powerful framework that's revolutionizing how developers build AI applications.
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The Era of Chats is ending. The Era of Compute is just starting.
Anthropic is signalling a shift from LLMs to compute runtimes. Learn why code execution is the new standard for AI agents and why infrastructure cold starts are the hidden killer of agent performance.
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