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THE AI PLATFORM LANDSCAPE · PASSES 410–413

“AI factory”
is not one machine.

Some vendors build the GPU plant. Some run model pipelines. Some build agents that do business work. Others keep workflows durable, connect and gate tool calls, register the fleet, or broker identity. Compare the object each one actually controls.

THE LAYER MAP

Different layers make different promises.

Providers may span lanes, but the lane is the unit of comparison—not the word “factory” on the homepage.

DURABLE EXECUTION · SPANS MULTIPLE STEPSWorkflow state, retries, timers, human waits and compensationTemporal · Camunda · Restate — durable process state is not proof that the model was right or a remote action had the intended effect
THE TOOL / API CALL BOUNDARYMCP · A2A · API gateway and credential exchangeBoomi · Gravitee · Runlayer — only calls forced through the gateway are governed or observed there
FLEET ADMINISTRATIONAgent registry / control planediscovers, identifies, governs and retires agents—coverage depends on telemetry and registration paths
ENFORCEMENT & SECURITYIdentity + in-path policy + evidenceconstrains agent/tool calls; does not make an allowed action correct or prove its downstream effect
OVERLAY, NOT AUTOMATIC OWNERSHIPServices-led foundriesbring blueprints, integration and people across several layers
Outside this picture until proven:ordinary application code repair · broad service-desk/on-call · identity and endpoint administration · financial and vendor authority · independent proof that users recovered
SELECT A SYSTEM

74 candidates

Start with the object it controls. Then ask what remains outside.

THE CRITICAL DAY‑2 DISTINCTION

Operating AI is not the same as operating the application.

A model drift alert, agent trace, GPU utilization chart, or AI asset registry can be useful—and still be the wrong evidence for “the production service is fixed.”

AI workloadmodels, agents, drift, serving, costmost of this market
Platform infrastructureclusters, GPUs, tenancy, upgradessome infra factories
Application operationscausal diagnosis → exact staging reproduction → tests → safe fix → independent recovery / no recurrencenot proven end-to-end here
Entire IT departmentidentity, endpoints, SaaS, service desk, security, vendor/financial controloutside this class of product
WHERE TO GO NEXT

Now compare the factory builders
on the same job.

These systems are adjacent infrastructure and AI product platforms, not ordinary code-to-PR factories.

Compare software factories →Pressure-test Day 2 →Open the source wall →