What is AI Rig Complex ?

software is undergoing its most profound transformation since the birth of computing - and most developers haven't noticed yet.

the change isn't about better algorithms or faster processors. It's about meaning. modern ai agents can now process and generate human-like semantics at scale, turning dumb programs into contextually-aware systems.

this shifts everything.

tasks that once required complex specialized code - understanding natural language, analyzing images, generating human-like responses - can now be handled through simple prompts and orchestration logic.

the hard problems of fitting the strict rules of logic with ever the changing nature of meaning are abstracted away.

but here's where it gets interesting: these capabilities map perfectly onto existing cloud architectures. the same patterns we use for microservices - modularity, small footprint, rapid scaling - are ideal for deploying swarms of agents. llms need new compute infrastructure but agents only need new thinking.

the first wave is already here in the public cloud. soon it will spread to edge devices, robots, and decentralized networks. not necessarily as sci-fi artificial life, but as practical tools that understand context and meaning.

this is why we built rig. an open source framework to build portable, modular, lightweight ai agents in rust

come help us build it.