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# Model makers now rent out the agent runtime along with the model

## Retrieval answer

Moonshot sells Kimi Hosted Agents, a managed cloud runtime with persistent sessions, sandboxed execution, recovery and usage-based billing. Google is rolling out Antigravity Remote Agents in isolated environments it manages, and Mistral Studio adds managed agents, workflows, observability and evaluations.

Moonshot sells Kimi Hosted Agents, a managed cloud runtime with persistent sessions, sandboxed execution, recovery and usage-based billing. Google is rolling out Antigravity Remote Agents in isolated environments it manages, and Mistral Studio adds managed agents, workflows, observability and evaluations. When the model vendor also hosts your sessions and sandboxes, switching vendors means migrating the runtime too, not just changing an API endpoint.

From the Field Notes:

- [Moonshot launches Kimi Hosted Agents as cloud Harness-as-a-Service](https://newruntime.com/posts/moonshot-launches-kimi-hosted-agents-as-cloud-harness-f11e04/) (2026-11-05)
- [Kimi launches Hosted Agents as harness-as-a-service](https://newruntime.com/posts/kimi-launches-hosted-agents-as-harness-as-a-c6d7f8/) (2026-11-06)
- [Google Antigravity rolls out Remote Agents on cloud VMs](https://newruntime.com/posts/google-antigravity-rolls-out-remote-agents-on-cloud-e143c6/) (2026-11-06)
- [Changelog: Google Antigravity Docs](https://newruntime.com/posts/changelog-google-antigravity-docs-8af200/) (2026-11-04)
- [Build Enterprise Agents, Workflows & Apps in Mistral Studio](https://newruntime.com/posts/build-enterprise-agents-workflows-apps-in-mistral-studio-c08266/) (2026-11-05)

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

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