AWS, Microsoft, and Google converge on identical enterprise AI agent architectures — with cloud lock-in

Short summary

AWS, Microsoft, and Google have converged on the same five-part agent platform stack — runtime, memory, identity, tools, and observability — but each locks you into their cloud. Open protocols like MCP standardize agent-to-tool communication but don't solve deployment, identity, or state portability. The author recommends keeping agent logic in a controllable framework, models swappable, and a cloud-neutral governance layer above the hyperscalers.

• •AWS, Microsoft, and Google built architecturally identical agent platforms with different branding
• •Open protocols standardize communication but not deployment, identity, or state portability
• •Recommendation: keep agent logic, model choice, and governance layer cloud-neutral from the start

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