The industry just leaped from 'AI suggests a line of code' to 'AI writes entire pull requests while you sleep' practically overnight. Background agents need infrastructure, and that's now your problem to solve.

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AI coding agents have evolved from simple code suggestions to autonomous systems that can write entire pull requests independently. These background agents require dedicated cloud infrastructure to operate, creating new challenges for platform teams. Unlike traditional coding assistants, they need isolated development environments where they can clone repositories, install dependencies, and run tests. Enterprise adoption faces security hurdles as most AI tools send source code to third-party clouds, requiring careful evaluation of data privacy, network policies, and integration with existing SSO systems.

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