AI Agent
A software entity that perceives its environment, reasons about goals, and takes autonomous actions using LLMs.
What is AI Agent?
An AI agent is more than a chatbot wrapper. It combines a language model with memory, tool access, and a control loop that lets it plan, execute, observe, and revise. Enterprise agents differ from research prototypes in that they operate under governance, with scoped permissions and auditable traces. See What Is an AI Agent? for the concept primer and VDF AI Agents for the product.
Why it matters for on-premise & regulated AI
An AI agent that reads internal documents, queries databases, and calls tools is effectively a new employee with system access. On-premise deployment means that access never transits a third-party cloud: prompts, retrieved passages, and tool outputs stay inside your network. That is why regulated enterprises evaluate agents on deployment model first and capability second — a capable agent you cannot host is often an agent you cannot use.
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Putting AI Agent to work?
VDF AI runs governed AI agents on your own infrastructure — on-premises, sovereign cloud, or air-gapped. Book a working session to map the architecture.
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