Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans

E983 - Microsoft and ServiceNow Target the AI Agent Control Layer

Published: October 7, 2026

Duration: 3:14

In today's Cloud Wars AI Minute, I break down why ServiceNow and Microsoft are embracing open protocols as the AI Agent War shifts to the control layer.

Highlights

00:01 — What I want to talk about today is that we're actually seeing the Agent War moving up to the control layer. You're seeing that there's a new control layer that's becoming the core part of what everyone is fighting over in this space, and this is really where we're going to start seeing governance and control becoming the more important part as we continue to move forward.

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