TrueFoundry has released TrueForge, an open-source AI agent harness designed to give developers more control and reduce costs. This MIT-licensed tool allows for customization and self-hosting, offering flexibility with preferred AI models. TrueForge demonstrated significant cost savings, completing tasks 75% cheaper than a competitor when using an open-source LLM. Even with the same proprietary model, it still offered a 30% cost reduction. The company aims to address customer demand for a vendor-neutral way to launch managed agents alongside other solutions. TrueForge focuses on efficient context management to minimize waste during agent operations. This includes delaying tool schema loading and processing large results into files. The harness offers a scalable deployment path from local development to shared production environments. While the harness is free, TrueFoundry also offers a paid AI Gateway for enterprise governance and control. TrueFoundry's overall business strategy involves integrating this gateway as a central layer for enterprise AI traffic.