DigitalOcean launches Managed Agents for AI workflows

DigitalOcean: DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider focused on delivering simple, scalable computing resources primarily to developers and small teams. The company has positioned itself as an AI-native cloud platform optimized for inference and agentic workloads through integrated services spanning infrastructure, models, and orchestration. It recently made its Managed Agents offering available in public preview to support developers building and scaling AI agents without managing underlying infrastructure. Managed Agents: Managed Agents is DigitalOcean's new managed service that provides isolated microVM execution environments, governed tool access via Action Gateway, and support for popular agent frameworks and harnesses. It integrates agent execution, tool connectivity to thousands of services, and inference capabilities into a unified cloud offering. The service entered public preview on September 21, 2026, enabling developers to run agentic workflows with features like lifecycle management and bring-your-own-template support. Industry Trend: Major cloud providers are shifting focus from model competition toward managed infrastructure and operations platforms specifically designed for deploying and governing AI agents at scale. Product Development: DigitalOcean has built its AI-Native Cloud stack with dedicated layers for inference engines, data services, and managed agent orchestration to address the demands of autonomous agent workloads.