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import ai: building agents can be simple

Track:
Machine Learning: Research & Applications
Type:
Sponsored
Level:
intermediate
Room:
S3B
Start:
15:30 on Friday, 17 July 2026
End:
16:00 on Friday, 17 July 2026
Duration:
30 minutes
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Abstract

How to design a framework for building agents without it being a framework? What if building agents didn't require complex abstractions and APIs?

We are presenting the new Python AI SDK - a toolkit built on just a few powerful, fundamental ideas:

  • You don't need abstractions, you need composable primitives. You don't need graphs, your Python code is already a graph. With the field evolving this fast, less is more.

  • State is king. Keeping the state minimal, safe, and serializable unlocks long-running, durable agents.

  • Everything is always streaming. We put Python's async generators center stage and let them shine.

You'll leave knowing how to build a real agent: with tool calls, human in the loop, and durable execution, in plain async Python, and when less framework beats more.