# Getting Started with DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform

DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform lets you build fully-managed AI agents with knowledge bases for retrieval-augmented generation, multi-agent routing, guardrails, and more, or use serverless inference to make direct requests to popular foundation models.

[DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform Quickstart](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/gradient-ai-platform/getting-started/quickstart/index.html.md): Just the essentials to go from zero to working in a few minutes.

[Test and Compare Models Using the Model Playground](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/gradient-ai-platform/getting-started/use-model-playground/index.html.md): Test and compare foundation models in the Model Playground.

[Use Agent Development Kit to Build, Test, and Deploy Agents](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/gradient-ai-platform/getting-started/use-adk/index.html.md): Build, test, and deploy agents using Agent Development Kit.