Becca Richardson, senior writer at TechCrunch, put a big spotlight on the rising star status of AI agents in the tech sector. At a National Press Club event, she described agents as the “soup du jour” of the AI industry. This underscores just how important and popular they are right now. She acknowledged that there is a lot of skepticism about the long-term sustainability of this technology. The media reports that no one is certain it will hold up over time.
Richardson is a national correspondent focused on venture capital trends and emerging startups. He is now very actively developing AgentCore, a more collaborative, open, evolving platform. She noted that AgentCore is continuing to make iterative improvements on the backend and frontend experiences at multiple levels including its navigation and other attributes. One of the recent improvements has been the development of a new feature called Policy.
Without policy policy empowers developers to implement access controls and barriers use based over our own data and over third-party applications like Salesforce and Slack. This is an important step towards addressing security concerns when deploying AI agents into any business environment.
“That one is really going to help address the biggest fears that people have with deploying agents,” – David Richardson.
Richardson was optimistic that AgentCore would keep pace with technology in an industry undergoing seismic shifts in AI. She is confident that the tools provided by AgentCore can withstand the winds of market trends.
“Being able to take advantage of the reasoning capabilities of these models, which is coupled with being able to do real world things through tools, feels like a sustainable pattern,” – David Richardson.
Interestingly, Richardson hopes that the trends in AI he’s seeing will change in the near future. Yet, as one of the strategic thinkers in the field, she continues to have a hopeful outlook beyond some skeptics about the future of AI technologies.
We’re going to be doing something really special in San Francisco, October 13-15, 2026 — you won’t want to miss it. Join industry leaders, innovators, and changemakers as we explore cutting-edge technology and trends, including AI agents. Richardson will undoubtedly be at the center of these discussions, due to her expertise and continued development of AgentCore.
If you need additional information or have questions, please contact Becca Richardson through email at rebecca.szkutak@techcrunch.com .
