How Many Agents Are Too Many? The Hidden Cost of Multi-Agent Systems — Anannya Roy Chowdhury at AI Engineer Melbourne 2026 (opens in new tab)

How Many Agents Are Too Many? The Hidden Cost of Multi-Agent Systems The multi-agent architecture has become the aspirational design pattern for ambitious AI systems. The logic is appealing: distribute reasoning across specialized agents, orchestrate their collaboration, and watch them tackle problems that single models struggle with. But somewhere between the whiteboard architecture and production […]