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Cloud Next 2026 keynoteThomas Kurian, Sundar Pichai, Apr 22, 2026

Wednesday, April 22, 20261h 39mChecked 2026-09-24
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Thomas Kurian introduced a unified stack for enterprise AI, chips, models, agents and security, headlined by the general availability of the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and new TPU generations.

Where each takeaway is said1:38:58
  1. 1Thomas Kurian outlined a unified stack of chips, models, agents and security for enterprise AI0:12
  2. 2The Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform launched GA with Agent Studio, Runtime and Memory Bank12:02
  3. 3New TPU 8t and TPU 8i chips shipped, with TPU 8t offering 3x the power of Ironwood39:58
  4. 4NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 platforms were confirmed coming to Google Cloud39:58
  5. 5Agentic Data Cloud launched with a Knowledge Catalog and cross-cloud lakehouse support50:01
  6. 6Google completed its acquisition of security company Wiz1:04:40
  7. 7New Threat Hunting and Detection Engineering security agents entered preview1:04:40
  8. 8Google Cloud Next '26 drew more than 32,000 attendees to Las Vegas

Announced

6 available the same day
  • Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformAgent Studio, ADK, Agent Runtime, Memory Bank, Identity, Registry, GatewayGA
  • Gemini Enterprise AppWorker interface with Gemini Projects, Deep Think, Microsoft 365 interopGA
  • TPU 8tTraining-optimized; 3x Ironwood power, 2x performance per wattGA
  • TPU 8iInference-optimized; 80% better performance per dollarGA
  • Google Cloud Axion N4AArm-based processorGA
  • NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72Google Cloud among first platforms to offer itComing
  • Agentic Data CloudKnowledge Catalog, Data Agent Kit, Lightning Engine for SparkGA
  • Threat Hunting AgentNew Security Operations agentPreview

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