Amazon Launches Strands Agents to Simplify AI Agent Development

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced Strands Agents, an open-source SDK designed to simplify the development and deployment of AI agents. Employing a model-driven approach, Strands enables developers to define agents using just a prompt, a model, and a set of tools, facilitating tasks ranging from simple queries to complex workflows. The SDK supports various large language models, including those from Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Meta's Llama API, and local models via Ollama and LiteLLM. Notably, Strands Agents is a collaborative initiative, with contributions from companies like Accenture, Anthropic, Meta, and PwC, and is available for developers on GitHub.