July 2026
Intermediate
3h 33m
English
conference
AI Superstream: AI Harnesses
by Christina Stathopoulos, John Berryman, Nicole Koenigstein, Vineeth Kalluru, Sergio Gonzalez, Jake Levirne, Casius Lee
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
Forget AI-model leaderboard hype—are you building the harness?
The real breakthrough is the invisible infrastructure that transforms standalone LLMs into dependable agentic systems. By managing tools, memory, planning, and self-correction, the harness provides the guardrails necessary for true autonomy. Learn why harness engineering now matters more than model size and how this architecture is shaping the future of AI.
Join our experts at this live event designed for AI engineers and agent builders and discover the powerful frameworks required to ship reliable, production-ready agents.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it:
- Understand the role of the agent harness and how it enables transparent, auditable, and correctable AI systems
- Explore how procedural memory helps agents learn from past actions and improve performance over time
- Learn how harness design can improve retrieval and reasoning workflows, helping smaller models achieve stronger results at lower cost
- Design agent systems that coordinate planning, memory, and feedback loops to improve reliability and control
Recommended follow-up:
- Read AI Agents: The Definitive Guide (early release book)
- Read An Illustrated Guide to AI Agents (early release book)
- Read “Agent Harness Engineering” (Radar post)
- Read “Loop Engineering” (Radar post)
- Watch AI Models, Apps, and Harnesses in the Agentic Era: A Practical Guide to Selecting and Using the Right AI Tools for Real Work (Chatbots and Beyond) (on-demand video course)
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