Orchard: An open framework for scalable agentic AI
Orchard is an open-source framework for the research community to train and evaluate AI agents across task types.
At a glance
- Source
- Microsoft Research
- Published
- Aug 3, 2026
- Read time
- 1 min read
- Primary lane
- Research Blog
Quick read
3 bullets- Orchard is an open-source framework for the research community to train and evaluate AI agents across task types.
- It reduces complexity while supporting strong performance from smaller models by enabling researchers to reuse the same infrastructure.
- The post Orchard: An open framework for scalable agentic AI appeared first on Microsoft Research .
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