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At Google I/O 2026, we announced updates to the integration between Google AI Studio and Google Cloud: New users can deploy up to two full-stack applications to the Google Cloud Starter Tier, no billi

Today, AI services rely heavily on API keys. To run AI agents, users provide API keys that signify paid tokens, subscriptions, or paid accounts. While API keys are easy to use, it is just as easy to u

Many development teams are familiar with the hesitation that comes right before pushing a new feature live. As AI helps developers write code faster, the gap between rapid code generation and safe pro

Many of the world’s fastest-growing AI startups are choosing to build their future — and the world’s — on Google Cloud because of our complete and open AI stack. We embed AI into every layer of our ar

In just a short time, we’ve seen AI transition from simple chat interfaces to autonomous agents capable of function calling, code execution, and persistent terminal use. But to orchestrate these capab

LLMs have become more powerful at smaller sizes, but deploying them to edge devices like smartphones remains a massive challenge. Today, developers have to optimize across a sprawling combination of a

As models and harnesses improve, agents are taking on increasingly complex tasks that can run for hours or even days. But as we push agents to do more, this has surfaced a new operational problem: lon

Editor’s note: Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) recently completed a major infrastructure upgrade, migrating its IBM Sterling Order Management System (Sterling OMS) from an Oracle database to Google Clou

At Google Cloud Next ‘26, we unveiled the blueprint for the Agentic Enterprise, sharing our eighth-generation TPUs, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, a fully reimagined Agentic Data Cloud, Workspace I

This is a new era — the agentic era – and the question is no longer, “what’s possible?” but rather, “what creates impact?” Today, organizations across industries around the world are swiftly moving fr

The modern software development landscape isn’t happening just on one surface — it’s happening across an entire ecosystem of agentic tools. Agents are being developed at an unprecedented scale, and th

At Google I/O, we introduced a unified development toolkit featuring Antigravity 2.0 and the Managed Agents API, giving developers better ways to build locally and deploy securely to the cloud on a sh

Accessing enterprise data is shifting from static reports to dynamic use by autonomous systems. To keep up, organizations must route fragmented data from SaaS, IoT, and legacy sources into secure, sca

When most people think of A/B experimentation, they think of button colors, landing page layouts, or checkout flows. At Google, many fundamental infrastructure improvements also need the rigor of A/B

Every device, user, and microservice generates data. Ingesting this data, extracting meaning and insights, and driving business decisions in real time has the potential to deliver transformational bus

The Gemini Live Agent Challenge is officially in the books! We challenged developers worldwide to break out of the traditional 'text box' paradigm by building next-generation AI agents. From our initi

Written by: Austin Larsen, Tyler McLellan, Genevieve Stark, Dan Ebreo Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has continued to track an expansive extortion campaign by UNC6671, a threat a

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2026. Today, Vinod D’Souza, director, Office of the CISO, shares highlights from his RSA Conference fireside chat with Anthony Belfiore, chief stra

May 2026 update: We’ve refreshed this post to reflect our mid-cycle positioning and the evolution of our platform since the report was first published last November. Last fall, Google was recognized a

Every day, thousands of hours of new video content sits waiting to be discovered. Most of it lives in long-form, horizontal formats, while audiences are scrolling through vertical feeds on their phone

At the Android Show yesterday, we introduced Googlebooks: a new category of premium laptops built with Gemini’s helpfulness at the core. Designed for Gemini Intelligence, Googlebooks will give persona

What does transportation mean to you? For some, it’s making sure the train is on schedule so they can get to work on time. Maybe it’s making sure you have time connecting between flights. Maybe it’s a

In the healthcare and life sciences industries, speed saves lives, but meeting regulatory requirements and other administrative burdens often pumps the brakes for manufacturers of software as a medica

Databases have introduced new AI-powered SQL functions which take natural language instructions as input and are evaluated using LLMs. They leverage the power of LLMs to answer new kinds of queries: W

As AI coding agents become deeply embedded in developer workflows, defenders must evolve their definition of malicious files and rethink how to protect against them. Autonomous AI agents operate acros

The modern web is extremely visual. People are busy and easily-distracted, and smart companies know they have just seconds to attract would-be customers with compelling images, videos, animations, and

In today's hyper-connected market, an enterprise's most valuable asset — mission-critical data — often remains trapped in legacy silos. For years, leadership teams have navigated a data pipeline dilem

Across the public sector, the conversation has shifted; we are no longer just talking about the potential of AI, we are already seeing the impact. While visionary leadership and cultural buy-in are cr

At Google Cloud Next ’26 we announced Cloud Storage Rapid, a family of object storage capabilities for data-intensive workloads like AI and analytics. Out of the gate, Cloud Storage Rapid consists of

Frontier AI models have redefined the unit of compute. At trillion-parameter scale, AI training requires thousands of interconnected components, orchestrated in industrial-scale deployments to operate

As you look out at your 2026 infrastructure roadmap, your goal is to balance the need for rapid innovation with operational stability. You shouldn't have to choose between adopting the latest database

Executive Summary Since our February 2026 report on AI-related threat activity, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has continued to track a maturing transition from nascent AI-enabled operations

Managing a modern database fleet is both a scale and cognitive problem. As database estates grow, the effort required to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize them often outpaces teams’ capacity, who fi

With AI coding tools like Antigravity and Claude Code, I can build a working web app in record time. But deploying it? That's where I'd historically lose the rest of the afternoon to Dockerfiles, IAM

We’ve rolled out a significant update to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) that solves one of the most annoying problems in cloud infrastructure: cold start latency. GKE now has up to 4x faster node star

Today, we’re thrilled to announce that Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, our fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model yet, is now generally available. Designed for ultra-low latency, high-volume tas

The agricultural and crop protection supply chain is one of the most intricate networks in the world. It takes up to two years to turn active ingredients into the final products farmers need, and a si

In the high-stakes world of digital infrastructure, speed isn't just a metric — it’s currency. At Google Cloud Next ‘26 we announced the Bigtable in-memory tier, a breakthrough for our fully managed c

“How will this look on me?” It’s the question every online fashion shopper asks, and one that most retailers still can’t answer well. Breuninger, a fashion and lifestyle company based in Germany, thou

At Google, we see firsthand how cyber threats can outpace traditional defense mechanisms — and how agentic threat intelligence can help bridge the gap. We have a vision for agentic defense where auton

AI coding agents are rapidly becoming ubiquitous across the software industry, fundamentally changing how developers write, test, and debug daily code. While these tools excel at localized, self-conta

Welcome to The Blueprint, a new feature where we highlight how Google Cloud customers are tackling unique and common challenges across industries using the latest AI and cloud technologies. We hope to

The AI era demands a fundamental shift in security, and that includes identity and access management (IAM). Traditional controls simply aren’t built for autonomous AI agents that interact with sensiti

In this episode of The Agent Factory, Vlad Kolesnikov and I sat down with Omar Sanseviero from the Developer Experience team at Google DeepMind. We explored the groundbreaking release of Gemma 4: a ne

The world of AI is rapidly shifting from experimental Large Language Models to an era of Agentic AI. In the agentic era, autonomous software agents act on behalf of employees and consumers—driving a f

Building AI agents that work well in a demo is one thing, but running them in production requires serious infrastructure. At Google Cloud Next '26, we introduced Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to he