Microsoft Research Forum | Season 2, Episode 3

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Magentic Marketplace
ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.25779
GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/multi-agent-marketplace
Blog: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/magentic-marketplace-an-open-source-simulation-environment-for-studying-agentic-markets/

Agent Lightning
GitHub Repo: https://github.com/microsoft/agent-lightning
Tech Report: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03680
Documentation: https://microsoft.github.io/agent-lightning

OptiMind
Technical report: https://aka.ms/OptiMindReport
Microsoft Blog: https://aka.ms/OptiMindBlog
Microsoft Foundry Catalog: https://aka.ms/OptiMindCatalog
Hugging Face: https://aka.ms/OptiMindHF
GitHub: https://aka.ms/OptiGuideGithub

HealthBots
ASHABot CHI’25 research paper: https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3706598.3713680
CataractBot YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HeJ69hZ6Gg

ARO
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09006

Dion2
GitHub Repo: https://github.com/microsoft/dion

Microsoft Research Forum, Season 2 Episode 3 aired on March 3, 2026.