AWS Announces Agent Runtime Environment with Native Tool Access

Amazon Web Services launched an agent runtime environment that provides secure, sandboxed execution for AI agents with native access to AWS services. The platform handles authentication, permission scoping, logging, and rate limiting automatically. Agents can invoke Lambda functions, query databases, access S3 storage, and interact with external APIs through a unified interface. The system includes automatic checkpointing for long-running agent operations and cost controls to prevent runaway execution.

Running agents in production requires infrastructure that doesn't exist for traditional applications. This platform provides the operational primitives needed for enterprise agent deployment, potentially accelerating adoption by reducing the infrastructure burden on development teams.