In part 1 of this series, we established why there is a need for a Just-In-Time (JIT) authorization system, whereby an agent has the ability to authorize itself only at the point where it is very likely that they will 1/ need that authorization and 2/ that they are clear what they will use it for. In this section, we’ll look at how we have done this at Portia AI.

AI Agents are a rapidly evolving technology in the AI space. The introduction of LLMs and the ability for LLMs to interact with other software autonomously has paved the way for a new wave of technological innovation. This is an exciting development but it needs appropriate guardrails to ensure that an agent is really enacting your wishes and not sending rogue emails on your behalf to your entire address book. This is the first of a 2-part series that discusses some of the challenges of appropriately authenticating and authorizing agents so they can safely fulfill requests.

Tired of your AI agents going off the rails (↗)? Well look no further 😅! We are releasing an open source developer framework that allows you to build agents that pre-express their actions, share their progress and can be interrupted by a human.

Welcome to Portia AI's blog! This is a space where we like to share things we're learning along the way, observations on the AI industry in general, and any tinkering and experiments we run on our framework and beyond.

A quick word about us​

We are Emma (↗) and Mounir (↗). We want to make it simple for developers to spin up agents that are easy to predict and control, and to complement that with secure and accurate tool calling. We (like to think we) bring relevant experience, having led B2C and B2B product launches at Amazon, Google and Stripe. We are lucky to have recruited some absolute legends on this journey and can't wait to introduce them to you as well. More on our funding soon!

Looking to learn more?​

• Browse our website and try our (modest) playground at www.portialabs.ai (↗).
• Head over to our docs at docs.portialabs.ai (↗) or get immersed in our SDK (↗).
• Join the conversation on our Discord channel (↗).
• Watch us embarrass ourselves on our YouTube channel (↗).
• Follow us on Product Hunt (↗).