Enterprise AI Glossary · Reviewed June 2026
AI Agent Framework
A library or SDK that provides the scaffolding — loops, memory, tool binding — for building AI agents.
What is AI Agent Framework?
AI agent frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, Pydantic AI, etc.) accelerate prototyping but do not solve governance, routing, or deployment. Enterprise teams typically use a framework inside a platform that adds those missing layers. See AI Agent Frameworks for a comparison, and VDF AI Networks for the platform approach.
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