Google Cloud Next 2026
Cloud Next 2026 keynoteThomas Kurian, Sundar Pichai, Apr 22, 2026
Wednesday, April 22, 20261h 39mChecked 2026-09-24
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.
- 1Thomas Kurian outlined a unified stack of chips, models, agents and security for enterprise AI0:12
- 2The Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform launched GA with Agent Studio, Runtime and Memory Bank12:02
- 3New TPU 8t and TPU 8i chips shipped, with TPU 8t offering 3x the power of Ironwood39:58
- 4NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 platforms were confirmed coming to Google Cloud39:58
- 5Agentic Data Cloud launched with a Knowledge Catalog and cross-cloud lakehouse support50:01
- 6Google completed its acquisition of security company Wiz1:04:40
- 7New Threat Hunting and Detection Engineering security agents entered preview1:04:40
- 8Google Cloud Next '26 drew more than 32,000 attendees to Las Vegas
Announced
6 available the same dayGemini 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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