List of the 15 Best AI Agents In 2024
This is a detailed list of the best AI agents in 2024.
All of these agents operate as software-based systems to complete tasks without consistent guidance, prompts, and new instructions. From web research to autonomous software engineers, there’s an AI agent that’s right for you.
Check out the names dominating this new (but rapidly growing) market below.
| AI Agent | Developer | Release Date | Access |
| GPT-4o | OpenAI | May 13, 2024 | API |
| Project Astra | Google DeepMind | May 14, 2024 | API |
| Auto-GPT | Toran Bruce Richards | March 30, 2023 | Open-Source |
| Superagent | Alan Zabihi & Ismail Pelaseyed | May 2023 | Open-Source |
| Do Anything Machine | Garrett Scott | April 11, 2023 | Open-Source |
| AgentGPT | Reworkd | June 8, 2023 | Open-Source |
| BabyAGI | Yohei Nakajima | April 2023 | Open-Source |
| Agent API | MultiOn AI | April 1, 2023 | API |
| Devin AI | Cognition Labs | May 2024 | API |
| Aomni | Aomni, Inc. | March 2023 | API |
| ChemCrow | EPFL | April 11, 2023 | Open-Source |
| MetaGPT | DeepWisdom | August 15, 2023 | Open-Source |
| Tusk | Tusk AI, Inc. | November 2023 | API |
| Cal AI | Cal.com, Inc. | September 2021 | Open-Source |
| Cognosys | CognosysAI, Inc | April 20, 2023 | API |
1. GPT-4o
Developer: OpenAI
Release date: May 13, 2024
Access: API
What is it? OpenAI's newest flagship model, GPT-4o, can operate autonomously, make decisions, and execute tasks without constant human guidance. Because of GPT-4o's ability to engage in real-time with contextual awareness, it's more advanced than previous GPT models and traditional chatbots. The model also integrates with the OpenAI Assistants API, which allows developers to create new OpenAI-hosted or self-hosted AI agents.
2. Project Astra
Developer: Google DeepMind
Release date: May 14, 2024 (announced)
Access: API
What is it? Project Astra is Google's universal AI agent that runs on Gemini models to operate as an everyday assistant. While the agent has yet to be released, its capabilities were put on full display during the Google I/O 2024 keynote. It'll be integrated with devices and wearable tech (next-gen glasses), offering audio and video capabilities to provide a contextual understanding and real-time responses.
3. Auto-GPT
Developer: Toran Bruce Richards
Release date: March 30, 2023
Access: Open-Source
What is it? A popular open-source AI agent, Auto-GPT allows users to create an autonomous assistant capable of completing complex tasks. After entering a text prompt, Auto-GPT analyzes the goal or task using GPT-4o and GPT-4 and breaks it down into subtasks. Common Auto-GPT use cases include social media content creation, text translation, and web design.
4. Superagent
Developer: Alan Zabihi and Ismail Pelaseyed
Release date: May 2023
Access: Open-Source
What is it? Superagent allows anybody to build and deploy their own personal ChatGPT-like AI assistant. This AI agent specializes in web research but can also answer questions, generate new content, and automate internal workflows. In February 2024, Superagent raised $500k in pre-seed funding from Y Combinator.
5. Do Anything Machine
Developer: Garrett Scott
Release date: April 11, 2023
Access: Open-Source
What is it? Do Anything Machine is a personal AI agent for task management. The agent analyzes your created tasks and prioritizes them based on various factors like importance, urgency, deadlines, and more. The agent's developer describes the Do Anything Machine as a "self-executing to-do list."
6. AgentGPT
Developer: Reworkd
Release date: June 8, 2023
Access: Open-Source
What is it? AgentGPT uses generative AI models that allow users to create and deploy autonomous AI agents. It provides pre-built agent templates, including ResearchGPT, TravelGPT, and StudyGPT (among others) that run using OpenAI’s GPT-4 and GPT-4o language models.
Reworkd, the company behind AgentGPT, raised $1.25 million in pre-seed funding after the platform's beta launch. Today, AgentGPT has over 400,000 users.
7. BabyAGI
Developer: Yohei Nakajima
Release date: April 2023
Access: Open-Source
What is it? BabyAGI is a management system that uses AI agents to create and perform various tasks. Unlike narrow AI systems, BabyAGI can mimic human-like thinking and learning to create new tasks based on a predefined objective or the result of a previous task.
It can be implemented as a Python script while running on OpenAI's GPT-4 and Chroma's vector database. This allows BabyAGI to create, prioritize, and store tasks in a continuous loop.
8. Agent API
Developer: MultiOn AI
Release date: April 1, 2023
Access: API
What is it? MultiOn has developed Agent API, a proprietary AI agent and copilot. These agents can control web browsers, interact with websites, and complete tasks for users from text prompts. In May 2024, MultiOn AI raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding. The company claims it received investments from notable investors, including Samsung and Amazon.
9. Devin AI
Developer: Cognition Labs
Release date: March 2024
Access: API
What is it? Devin AI is an autonomous agent capable of completing software engineering tasks from text prompts. Unlike standard coding assistants, Devin can take it a step further by planning and executing entire coding projects independently. The agent exhibits advanced reasoning, learning, and decision-making capabilities beyond narrow AI systems.
Cognition Labs, the developer behind Devin AI, recently announced $175 million in Series A funding at a $2 billion valuation in April 2024.
10. Aomni
Developer: Aomni, Inc.
Release date: March 2023
Access: API
What is it? Aomni is an AI agent built for B2B sales to automate research tasks and sales development workflows. The agent can browse the Internet, research any topic, and retrieve relevant real-time information. All data comes from public web sources like market research reports, public financial documents, and social media.
11. ChemCrow
Developer: EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Release date: April 11, 2023
Access: Open-Source
What is it? ChemCrow can perform chemistry-related tasks such as organic synthesis, drug discovery, and materials design. Built with Langchain, this AI agent is designed to integrate with 18 chemistry research tools, including WebSearch (SerpAPI), LitSearch, RDKit, and more.
12. MetaGPT
Developer: DeepWisdom
Release date: August 15, 2023
Access: Open-Source
What is it? MetaGPT is a multi-agent framework and development tool commonly used to automate complex software engineering tasks. What makes MetaGPT different from other agents is its ability to encode SOPs into LLM prompts to create more streamlined workflows.
Tests showed that MetaGPT outperforms alternatives like AutoGPT and AgentVerse in critical areas like game development, web development, and data analysis.
13. Tusk
Developer: Tusk AI, Inc.
Release date: November 2023
Access: API
What is it? Tusk is an AI coding agent that generates new code to solve product quality tickets and bugs. The agent integrates with Linear, Jira, Notion, and GitHub, which allows engineers to turn tickets into pull requests with one click. In April 2024, Tusk raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding from Y Combinator.
14. Cal AI
Developer: Cal.com, Inc.
Release date: September 2021
Access: Open-Source and API
What is it? Cal is an AI-powered scheduling assistant that helps users manage their calendars, set and view availability, book meetings, and more. Cal's AI agent uses natural language processing and large language models (like OpenAI's GPT-4) to understand and respond to scheduling requests through email and live chat. In 2023, the startup reached $1 million in ARR and 13,500 monthly active users.
15. Cognosys
Developer: CognosysAI, Inc
Release date: April 20, 2023
Access: API
What is it? Cognosys is an AI agent that functions like a chatbot to perform complex tasks. Users can interact with Cognosys like a standard AI assistant for complex one-step tasks or access the agent functionalities to build workflows for multi-step tasks. In May 2023, the Canada-based AI startup raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by Google Ventures.
Conclusion
It’s unclear if the autonomous AI industry will ever reach true artificial general intelligence (AGI). Still, the advancement of AI agents has been impressive to watch in just a few years.
From single AI agents to multi-agent frameworks, there’s much to be excited about moving forward. It’s not far-fetched to think we could also see functional commercial AI agent platforms available by the end of 2024.
This list will be regularly updated with new AI agents. If you want to learn more, check out our list of LLMs and AI trends to stay current.
