# Harrison Chase of LangChain on Deep Agents, LangSmith, and Earning Trust | NVIDIA AI Podcast Ep. 297

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Published: 2026-05-06T12:45:00+00:00
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## Resource

LangChain has surpassed 1 billion downloads—and the framework that started as a weekend project is now the harness powering the next generation of production-grade AI agents. In this episode, Harrison Chase, co-founder & CEO of LangChain, breaks down the architecture behind deep agents, explains why systems like Claude Code, Manus, and Deep Research all share the same foundational pattern, and lays out what it actually takes to deploy autonomous agents responsibly in the enterprise. 🔬Topics covered: What is a "deep agent," and why does architecture matter more than ever? How enterprises are (and aren't) embracing autonomous agents LangSmith: observability, tracing, and evaluation-driven development Mixing frontier and open models (NVIDIA Nemotron) in multi-agent systems What's next: async subagents, proactive/always-on agents, agent memory, and agent identity Chapters: 00:00 – LangChain origin story and the deep agent architecture 01:46 – What is a deep agent? 03:31 – Enterprise trust: risk, autonomy, and iteration 04:38 – LangSmith: observability and evaluation-driven development 13:30 – Frontier vs. open models and the Nemotron Coalition 18:10 – What's next: async subagents, agent memory, and agent identity

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