Definition
Plain language
A commercial cloud service that rents disposable sandboxes for AI agents to run code in.
As stated in the literature
A managed sandbox-as-a-service platform providing isolated execution environments for LLM agents.
Why it matters: Disposable sandboxes are the standard safety boundary for letting agents execute code without putting host systems or other users at risk.
For example, an agent platform spins up a fresh Daytona sandbox per user request, lets the agent run arbitrary code inside, and tears it down when done.
Heard on the show
“Option one is a managed service — companies like E2B, Daytona, Modal that rent you sandboxes by the hour.”Episode 047 — When Agent Benchmarks Lie: The Harness Problem in Open-Source AI