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Matthew O’Riordan discusses how Ably's platform is adapting to support long-running AI agents.

In this episode ofThe New Stack Makers, Matthew O’Riordan, CEO of Ably, explains how infrastructure originally built for human collaboration is now well-suited for long-running AI agents. While Ably initially resisted positioning itself as an AI company, the rise of agents that reason, call tools, and operate over extended periods revealed a natural fit for its real-time communication platform.

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Host: The New Stack

Guest: Matthew O’Riordan

Topics covered

• AI agents
• real-time communication
• infrastructure
• human collaboration
• technology

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Organizations: Ably, The New Stack

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