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Dapr’s Microservices Runtime Now Supports AI Agents
Microsoft open-sourced Dapr in 2019 as a new runtime for building distributed microservice-based applications. At the time, no one was talking about AI agents, but it turns out that Dapr had some fundamental building blocks to support AI agents built-in from the start. One of Dapr’s core features is its concept of virtual actors, which can receive and process messages independently from all other actors in the system.
This feature has been extended to create Dapr Agents, a new toolset for developers to build AI-powered microservices that can interact with popular model providers out-of-the-box. The list includes AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and Hugging Face. Support for local large language models will soon be available.
In addition to interacting with these models, Dapr Agents extends the existing Dapr framework by allowing developers to define a set of tools that the agent can utilize to complete a specific task. Currently, Dapr Agents supports Python development, with .NET support on its way. Java and JavaScript will follow shortly.
The integration of AI agents with microservices offers exciting new opportunities for businesses and organizations.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/daprs-microservices-runtime-now-supports-ai-agents/
