Before a big weather event even happens — like a hurricane, flood, or snowstorm — government officials in the United States have the power to call for a state of emergency, a fast-track way to free up resources to help with public safety during an anticipated natural disaster.
In a state, a governor usually signs an executive order that names the area expected to be affected by the pending severe weather. The order gives emergency management agencies the go-ahead to work up disaster response plans and delegate responsibilities.
Agencies that can be called into action, for example, include the National Guard for searches, rescues and overall security, the highway patrol to enforce road closures, and the health department to provide emergency medical services.
The declaration allows the state agencies to provide direct assistance to local governments. It suspends state rules and regulations that could interfere with emergency plans. And it allows for a state to form agreements with other states to seek help.
It’s also a necessary first step for the state to ask the federal government for financial aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The president of the United States can issue a disaster declaration based on a governor’s request and FEMA damage assessments.
FILE - Members of the National Guard assist storm-damaged business The Marina with moving and piling debris, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2023, one day after the passage of Hurricane Idalia. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 7, 2026--
OutSystems, a leading Agentic Systems Platform for the enterprise, today announced the general availability of the Agent Experience at OutSystems World Tour Las Vegas. Agent Experience opens the OutSystems platform to any AI coding agent including Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Kiro.
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With Agent Experience, AI works at the level of system design on an open, unified platform, so that companies like Yesco, Lowenstein Sandler, and Normal can tackle their most complex enterprise software and AI projects at scale with confidence.
OutSystems Agent Experience means even the most regulated enterprises can now use any AI coding tool and still get the security, reliability, integrated lifecycle management and architectural coherence they need to reduce complexity and risk.
OutSystems Agent Experience unlocks platform capabilities including:
Build with any AI agent: Empower developers to build and run agentic systems with their preferred coding agents while maintaining architectural integrity. Now, every agent automatically enforces system dependencies, data relationships, and existing business logic—minimizing technical debt, maximizing code reuse, and eliminating fragmented AI generated code in production.
Stay in full control: By working at the level of system design, Agent Experience enforces strict security, automated testing, and governance guardrails out-of-the-box, so software quality, reliability, scalability and performance remain fully predictable.
Deploy anywhere. Cloud, hybrid, or on-premise: Maintain operational sovereignty with the flexibility to deploy applications and AI agents across public cloud, private cloud, on-premise, or hybrid environments to meet strict regulatory and security requirements.
Recent developer survey data shows that 74% of AI-generated code requires significant post-generation rework or is never deployed to production. Agent Experience eliminates this bottleneck for regulated enterprises by letting external AI coding agents shape the architecture, while OutSystems generates the code deterministically to radically minimize the risk, and accelerate the path to production.
"Coding agents have unlocked unprecedented velocity, but the real friction is operational overhead and fragmented code," said Woodson Martin, CEO of OutSystems. "OutSystems Agent Experience gives AI leaders the speed of coding agents with the compliance, security and scalability required for mission-critical systems. With sovereign deployment options and architectural coherence built in, Agent Experience delivers reliable, production ready software for even the most heavily regulated industries."
With increasing AI regulation across all enterprises, early access customers such as YESCO, Lowenstein Sandler and Normal are already compressing their deployment timelines, and scaling governed, cutting-edge agentic systems, with OutSystems Agent Experience:
Internationally acclaimed sign manufacturer builds a governed and secure agentic SDLC
US law firm builds agentic legal apps in under three hours while maintaining full enterprise governance
Expanding European retailer slashes software development time from six to two weeks using governed AI agents
“OutSystems Agent Experience is game-changing,” said Mike Neyman, Director of Software Integration and Operations, YESCO. “The platform’s open, model-independent approach, lets us keep using our coding agents of choice, and helps us delight executives and customers with AI innovation while maintaining the governance and security required for enterprise use.”
OutSystems also announced Agentic First Notice of Loss—a new insurance offering in its Agentic Industry Solutions portfolio—launching in November. Starting today, insurers can access the Insurance Agent Kit on OutSystems Forge, complete with pre-built claims agents. Along with the recently launched Agentic Loan Applications for banking, these insurance offerings accelerate AI adoption in regulated industries. Using Agent Experience, anyone can easily customize any of these components using their preferred coding agents.
OutSystems Agent Experience is generally available as of today. To learn more, visit the OutSystems Agent Experience page. To watch the OutSystems World Tour Las Vegas keynote, and catch up on additional OutSystems news coming out of the conference, visit the on-demand hub.
About OutSystems
OutSystems is the Agentic Systems Platform built for the enterprise. Global organizations trust OutSystems to rapidly build mission-critical apps and agents, modernize legacy processes with agentic systems, and govern their entire AI portfolio across complex regulatory environments, all on a unified platform.
OutSystems is consistently recognized as a leader in enterprise software development and agentic enterprise orchestration by Gartner, IDC, and Forrester, and ranked #1 in Customer Satisfaction by users on G2. Business leaders, IT executives and developers choose OutSystems to accelerate internal innovation without compromising reliability and security.
Founded in 2001, the OutSystems ecosystem includes more than 90 million end users, over 600 partners, and thousands of active customers in 75+ countries across 20+ industries. Learn more at www.outsystems.com.
OutSystems Agent Experience: Now Generally Available
