Palana (Part 2): Architecting isolation, identity, and auditability for AI agents (opens in new tab)

Introduction In , we introduced Palana, Grab’s Kubernetes-native secure execution platform for autonomous AI agents. We discussed the underlying need for isolated environments and covered its core design principles: treating isolation as the unit of trust, keeping credentials out of agent hands, and mediating all network access. In this second part, we’ll dive under the hood into Palana’s architecture, look at the agent lifecycle, and share the key lessons we learned from putting this system ...