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Models & Agents · October 17 · 10 min

Ep 206: Perplexity open-sourced its Firecracker microVM sandbox, giving builders a self-hostable…

Models & Agents Perplexity open-sourced its Firecracker microVM sandbox, giving builders a self-hostable isolation layer for long-running agent tasks. What You Need to Know: Perplexity released SPACE 0.8.0 under Apache 2.0, providing per-task Firecracker VMs with host-controlled credentials and egress. StepFun dropped open weights for its 600B MoE model aimed at agentic workflows. MIT researchers documented unstructured agent behavior in a no-task island environment. ... Sources: marktechpost.com · startupfortune.com · research.google.blog · simonwillison.net · actuia.com · databricks.com AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDLM3sxKVmE If this episode was useful, a rating or a short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is how the next listener finds the show — and following it in your app means the next episode is there when you are. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

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Models & Agents Perplexity open-sourced its Firecracker microVM sandbox, giving builders a self-hostable isolation layer for long-running agent tasks. What You Need to Know: Perplexity released SPACE 0.8.0 under Apache 2.0, providing per-task Firecracker VMs with host-controlled credentials and egress. StepFun dropped open weights for its 600B MoE model aimed at agentic workflows. MIT researchers documented unstructured agent behavior in a no-task island environment. ... Sources: marktechpost.com · startupfortune.com · research.google.blog · simonwillison.net · actuia.com · databricks.com AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDLM3sxKVmE If this episode was useful, a rating or a short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify is how the next listener finds the show — and following it in your app means the next episode is there when you are. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.
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