Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching an agent marketplace in partnership with Anthropic, allowing startup companies to sell agents to AWS's enterprise customers.
Agents sold on the platform will likely need to be built within AWS, which may require independent SaaS providers to create AWS-native versions of their custom software.
The partnership with Anthropic raises concerns about model lock-in, particularly regarding the compatibility of agents with LLMs from providers like OpenAI or Google.
Despite other AI agent marketplaces, such as Agentverse and AI Agents Marketplace, the ideal one-stop shop for building AI agents with any model for any platform is yet to emerge.