Databricks launched Omnigent, an open-source 'meta-harness' layer on top of the agentic stack to make agents effective at scale.
“we call it a meta harness of harnesses, if you know what an agent harness is.”
AI Council 2026
- Dates
- 2026-05-12 → 2026-05-14
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Ecosystem
- production engineering
- Importance
- 7/10
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