What is AI agent development?+
AI agent development is building software that uses AI to complete multi-step tasks on its own. The agent calls APIs, reads data, makes decisions and takes action, so nobody has to click through each step. Unlike a chatbot, an agent can triage a support ticket, look up the customer record, draft a reply and log the outcome in a single run.
How long does it take to build an AI agent?+
Most production-ready agents take 4-8 weeks from scoping to deployment. Weeks 1-2 cover requirements and architecture, weeks 3-5 are build and testing, and weeks 6-8 are integration and production rollout. The timeline depends on how many external systems the agent has to connect to.
How much does AI agent development cost?+
Three things drive the number: how many tools the agent needs to act on, whether outputs need a human review gate, and how much retrieval work your data demands. A single-agent build with a couple of integrations sits at one end; a multi-agent system with a full testing pipeline sits at the other. Every build starts with a written scope, defined acceptance criteria and an estimate of effort, so you can budget before you commit. Billing follows the work against that scope, and any change goes through a written change order first.
What's the difference between an AI agent and a chatbot?+
A chatbot responds to messages. An AI agent acts on them. Agents connect to the tools you already run (CRM, databases, email, APIs) and can complete a workflow end to end without a person stepping in at each step. A chatbot can't update a record or send a notification on its own.
Do you use OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or something else?+
We pick the model per job. GPT-4o is strong at structured data extraction and tool use. Claude handles long documents and nuanced reasoning well. Open-weight models like Llama suit latency-sensitive or on-premise deployments. We choose the model during architecture, and we don't start from a default.
What monitoring is included after launch?+
Every agent we ship includes call logging, latency and cost tracking, and a test suite that runs on each deployment. Your team gets dashboards it can read without touching code, so you can see what the agent did and catch issues early.