Your laptop closes. Does the agent stop?
By Rohan Kataria · Jul 15, 2026
Key points
To keep working after the laptop closes, an agent needs compute that stays available.
The model API supplies intelligence, orchestration decides what happens next, and the managed runtime is where the code keeps running.
Managed platforms such as Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Microsoft Foundry Agent Service host and scale agents, and bundle identity, state, observability and sometimes orchestration.
The provider can operate the hosting, and your team still controls the workflow, tools, permissions, data, state and quality checks.