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AI agents get their own Washington lobbyists
Plus: Microsoft’s new framework for training agents, agent engineering is the new hottest job, and more
Michael Cunningham
October 30, 2025
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Edition 132 | October 30, 2025
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"We've just raised a $50M pre-seed to help your toaster talk to your microwave."
"We just raised a $230M pre-pre seed to agenticly agent your AI agents."
"I'm 4 and I just dropped out of preschool to go all-in on AI -enabled candles."
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— Chris Bakke (@ChrisJBakke)
9:03 PM • Oct 16, 2025
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Welcome back to Building AI Agents, your biweekly guide to everything new in the field of agentic AI!
In today’s issue…
Microsoft’s new framework for training AI agents
Agents get their own lobby group in Washington
Agent engineering is the new hottest job
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…and more
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‼️ ESSENTIAL TOOL
Source: Microsoft
Last week, the tech giant dropped Agent Lightning, a framework for optimizing AI agents using a variety of techniques such as model fine-tuning, prompt tuning, model selection, and more.
It’s compatible with all major agent frameworks, such as the OpenAI Agents SDK, Microsoft AutoGen, and LangChain, and freely available through an open-source license.