Jay Alammar releases Illustrated Guide to AI Agents with 300+ original figures
JayAlammar · x · 2026-09-07
Jay Alammar and Maarten Grootendorst's "An Illustrated Guide to AI Agents" is out on Kindle and ebook stores, with print copies shipping in weeks. Built over 18 months, the book features 300+ original figures covering memory, tools, planning, evaluation, multi-agent systems, and code agents. The authors bet a small set of concepts will outlast the hype, and readers build a working agent along the way.
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