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Modal acquires agent harness firm Butter to boost sandboxes

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Modal has acquired Butter, a company specializing in agent harness engineering. The acquisition brings Butter's founder, Erik Dunteman, and researcher Raymond Tana to Modal's Sandbox team. Their expertise, particularly in creating lightweight sandboxes like bVisor, is expected to enhance Modal Sandboxes into a leading product. AI

IMPACT Enhances specialized tooling for AI agent development and deployment.

RANK_REASON Acquisition of a specialized company to enhance an existing product.

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Modal acquires agent harness firm Butter to boost sandboxes

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. Modal blog TIER_1 Norsk(NO) ·

    Butter is joining Modal

    Butter, a San Francisco-based AI sandbox technology, is joining Modal.

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