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Brex builds AI agent control layer at network level, not in rules

Brex created CrabTrap, an open-source HTTP/HTTPS proxy that intercepts all network traffic from AI agents, examines policy rules, and uses an LLM-as-a-judge to approve or deny requests. The company found that traditional guardrails could not contain what agents were doing with real credentials like API keys and OAuth tokens.

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