In addition to the other comments suggesting dagger is not the saviour due to being VC-funded, it seems like they have decided there's no money in CI, but AI... yes there's money there! And "something something agents".
From dagger.io...
"The open platform for agentic software.
Build powerful, controllable agents on an open ecosystem. Deploy agentic applications with complete visibility and cross-language capabilities in a modular, extensible platform.
Use Dagger to modernize your CI, customize AI workflows, build MCP servers, or create incredible agents."
From dagger.io...
"The open platform for agentic software.
Build powerful, controllable agents on an open ecosystem. Deploy agentic applications with complete visibility and cross-language capabilities in a modular, extensible platform.
Use Dagger to modernize your CI, customize AI workflows, build MCP servers, or create incredible agents."