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BetterCloud buys CoreStack to build an "Agentic Governance Operating System."

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Per Mean.ceo, the deal merges SaaS management with cloud governance and FinOps into one control plane spanning infrastructure, apps, and autonomous agents. "Who governs the agents" is becoming its own buyable category as agents proliferate inside enterprises. Pair this with KPMG deploying Microsoft Agent 365 to manage client agents at scale, and agent lifecycle management is clearly turning into a billable line item, not a free platform feature.

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