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Google Cloud Launches Enterprise AI with Agent Studio
Google is building a world where software finally keeps its promises. The grand vision, repeated for years, is AI that works without you. Not a chatbot you babysit, but a system that runs the grunt work on its own.
At Google Cloud Next ’26, that vision gets its toolkit. Two names matter: Agent Studio and the Gemini Enterprise app.
One is a workshop for building these automated helpers. The other is the desk where they sit. This is the quiet bet behind the noise.
Every company wants AI to just do things. Google is betting the way to get there is to give every employee, coder or not, the tools to build their own robot colleague.
Agent Studio, our low-code interface, lets developers and business users alike build and test agents using natural language. The Gemini Enterprise app brings AI to your everyday work. We're bringing the power of the agents directly to your workforce through the Gemini Enterprise app.
To ensure everyone can tap into this technology, our no-code Agent Designer lets anyone build custom, trigger-based workflows without writing a single line of code. For more complex, multi-step business processes, new long-running agents can work autonomously in the background within secure cloud sandboxes while you focus on other things. With all these agents helping out, we've built a central, intuitive Agent Inbox so you can easily monitor, guide and manage exactly what your AI helpers are up to.
Our new eighth-generation TPUs are designed to power the AI era. Running millions of AI agents takes some serious computing muscle. Our AI Hypercomputer is a purpose-built system designed specifically for the massive scale of this new era, including the eighth generation of our custom TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) chips.
The TPU 8t is built to train AI models incredibly fast, while the TPU 8i is optimized for inference (actually serving up the models), delivering 80% better performance per dollar. We will also be among the first to offer the new NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 systems, joining our existing lineup of NVIDIA GPUs and our super-efficient Google Cloud Axion processors. To take advantage of this powerful compute, you need to move data at lightning speed.
We unveiled the Virgo Network, a custom-built system to connect massive supercomputers, alongside storage breakthroughs like Managed Lustre, which can now move an incredible 10 terabytes of data per second. The new Agentic Data Cloud helps make sense of your data.
The hardware is the unsexy part of this plan. It’s also the most important. All those helpful agents need raw power.
They need to move data, not in gigabytes, but in ten-terabyte chunks per second. Google’s pitch is a full-stack answer: here are the simple tools to build the agents, and here is the colossal, purpose-built engine to run a million of them at once. The promise is infrastructure that disappears.
The reality is a data center on steroids, sold as a service. It’s a bet that the future of work isn’t a better spreadsheet. It’s a silent, tireless engine room built by the people who use it.
Common Questions Answered
What is Agent Studio and how does it enable AI agent creation?
Agent Studio is Google Cloud's low-code interface that allows developers and business users to build and test AI agents using natural language. The platform eliminates complex coding requirements, enabling users to create custom workflows through an intuitive, no-code environment.
How does the Gemini Enterprise app integrate AI into business workflows?
The Gemini Enterprise app is designed to embed AI capabilities directly into everyday work processes, transforming AI from a standalone tool to an autonomous work partner. It aims to make intelligent agents accessible across different business functions, allowing employees to leverage AI without extensive technical expertise.
What does Google mean by the 'agentic era' of AI technology?
The 'agentic era' represents a shift where AI is no longer just a passive tool but an active, autonomous partner capable of performing complex tasks independently. Google envisions AI agents that can understand context, execute multi-step workflows, and integrate seamlessly into business processes without requiring constant human intervention.
Further Reading
- Google Cloud Next 2026: AI agents, A2A protocol, Workspace ... — The Next Web
- Welcome to Google Cloud Next26 — Google Cloud Blog
- Introducing Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform | Google Cloud Blog — Google Cloud Blog
- The new Gemini Enterprise: one platform for agent development — Google Cloud Blog