🚀 deepagents 0.5 release
👉 Async subagents - kick off background tasks on any Agent Protocol backed server while you continue to interact with the main agent. Start multiple background tasks in parallel, keep the conversation going, and collect results as they come in. Tasks are stateful and maintain their own thread so you can send follow-up instructions mid-task without losing context or restarting from zero. Any Agent Protocol compliant server is a valid target. This means you have the flexibility of using LangSmith deployments or hosting async subagents using your own custom infra.
👉 Expanded multimodal support - your agent can now see images, listen to audio, watch video, and read PDFs. The read_file tool returns native content blocks, so your agent can reason across all these formats out of the box, unlocking a whole new set of workflows for your agents.
👉 Improved prompt caching - better token efficiency and lower costs for Claude models.
Try it out in deepagents v0.5, deepagentsjs v1.9.0
Learn more in the Deep Agents v0.5 blog.
blog.langchain.com/deep-agents-v0…
Microsoft is quietly taking over the Enterprise AI Agent stack.
And most people have only seen ~10% of it.
Everyone talks about Copilot.
Some know Azure.
A few use GitHub Copilot.
But underneath...
Microsoft has built a full-stack AI ecosystem
—from models → to agents → to governance.
Here’s the full breakdown 👇
📌 1. Models (the brain)
Azure GPT-5.1, Phi-4, MAI-1, KOSMOS-2, Florence 2, MAI-Voice
This is the intelligence layer powering everything.
📌 2. Frameworks (the builder layer)
Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, Task Weaver, Agent Framework
These are what let you actually build AI agents.
📌 3. Responsible AI (the guardrails)
Azure AI Content Safety, Purview, Defender, Entra
Security + governance baked in from day one.
📌 4. Productivity (the distribution)
Excel, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint
AI is not a feature. It’s embedded in daily workflows.
📌 5. Image & Video (creative layer)
Designer, Clipchamp, Copilot Image
Content creation → fully inside the ecosystem.
📌 6. Coding (developer layer)
GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Azure AI Toolkit
From writing code → to deploying → AI is everywhere.
📌 7. AI Agents
Microsoft Copilot, SharePoint Knowledge Agents, Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Viva Learning Agent, Edge Copilot, Security Copilot , The autonomous layer that ties the entire ecosystem together
And this is just the outer surface of the Microsoft Core offering.
If we start to dive deeper into Azure AI, the layer goes even deeper.
This just shows Microsoft's commitment on helping enterprises adopt agentic AI.
Not only do they make it very easy with no-code tools like Power Platform,
but also allows you to customize it and build custom agents using their agent frameworks and tools.
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