Agent Experience Definition and Importance - Agent experience is defined as how easily agents can access, understand, and operate within digital environments to achieve user-defined goals [5] - The industry believes agent experience is the only experience that matters because agents will be the largest user base [33] - The industry suggests that if a tool requires human intervention, it hasn't fully addressed agent needs [33] The Shift in Development Tools - 37% of the latest YC batch are building agents as their products, indicating a shift from co-pilots and legacy SAS companies [1] - The industry argues that tools built for humans are for the past, and the focus should be on building tools for agents [3] - The industry emphasizes the need to build tools that enable agents to operate autonomously [12][13] Key Components of Agent Experience - Seamless authentication is crucial; agents should be able to authenticate without exposing passwords [6][7] - Agent-readable documentation is essential, with standards like appending ".md" to URLs and using llm's.txt [8][9] - API-first design is critical, providing agents with machine-native interfaces to access functionality efficiently [10] Daytona's Approach to Agent Native Runtime - Daytona aims to provide agents with a computing environment similar to a laptop for humans [19] - Daytona's initial focus was on speed, achieving a spin-up time of 27 milliseconds for agent tools [21] - Daytona preloads environments with headless tools like file explorers, Git clients, and LSP to help agents do things faster [22] Daytona's Features for Autonomous Agents - Daytona offers a declarative image builder, allowing agents to create and launch new sandboxes with custom dependencies [27] - Daytona provides Daytona volumes, enabling agents to efficiently share large datasets across multiple machines [29] - Daytona supports parallel execution, allowing agents to fork machines and explore multiple options simultaneously [31]