Sandbox Cost Modeling for AI Agent Workloads
AI agents break traditional sandbox cost models because they burst and idle, not run continuously.
Cora Vance
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AI agents break traditional sandbox cost models because they burst and idle, not run continuously.
Production deployments of AI agents hit a wall when sandboxes can't balance speed against isolation.
Isolation strength and egress policy matter more than the platform you choose.
Containers alone won't stop AI agents from leaking data or escaping to neighboring tenants.
Blocking outbound connections is the only layer that reliably stops compromised agents.
AI agents demand sandbox isolation that prevents execution escape, not just intrusion.