# Agent Night panel recap: AI spending, open-source models, and the changing agent economy

DevFeed: [Agent Night panel recap: AI spending, open-source models, and the changing agent economy](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/agent-night-panel-recap-agi-arrived-or-it-s-a-skill-issue-15989.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://workos.com/blog/agent-night-panel-recap>)

Author: WorkOS

Published: 2026-08-17T18:34:23Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [WorkOS Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/workos-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [deepseek](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deepseek.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [deepseek](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deepseek.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [harness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/harness.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [recap](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recap.md>)

## AI overview

A recap of WorkOS's Agent Night panel, where Jaya Gupta, Flo Crivello, and swyx discussed increased spending on AI tooling, progress in open-source models, and changing economics for AI agents. The article presents panelists' claims and observations, including Flo Crivello's view that AGI has arrived and reports of companies moving from OpenAI and Anthropic to open-source models.

## Source excerpt

Jaya Gupta, Flo Crivello, and swyx on stage at Agent Night: 5x AI spend, open source getting real, harness engineering, skills, and December predictions.