From MCP to Multi-Agents: The Evolution of Agentic AI (and What's Next)

Mike Chambers predicted 2025 would be "the year of agents" - and he was right, just not in the way anyone expected. Instead of agents embedded in production applications, 2025 became the year AI coding assistants transformed developer productivity. In this conversation, Mike shares what actually happened in the agentic space, from MCP's rocky launch to the rise of lightweight frameworks, and what he's betting on for 2026. What You'll Learn ✅ Why MCP became the plugin ecosystem for IDEs (not production apps) ✅ Security challenges when giving agents access to your machine ✅ How to prevent context overload in multi-tool agent systems ✅ The shift from prompt-heavy to model-centric agent frameworks ✅ Agent Skills vs. Memory: when to use each ✅ Challenges building long-running multi-agent systems About This Show The AWS Developer Podcast explores the future of software development through conversations with customers building on AWS, community leaders, and luminaries shaping the industry. We cover serverless, databases, devtools, AI, and how generative AI is transforming the SDLC.