Memory and Retrieval Architecture in Long-Running AI Agents
Persistent memory architecture separates production AI agents from demos that fail in the field.
Marcus Oyelaran
Senior Contributor
A former backend engineer turned independent researcher, Marcus has spent over a decade stress-testing search APIs across fintech and media platforms. His writing focuses on the practical limits, failure modes, and design tradeoffs engineers encounter when building production-grade search layers.
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Persistent memory architecture separates production AI agents from demos that fail in the field.
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