One major tech conference is barely packing up in Las Vegas before another begins. Google Cloud Next, Google's enterprise-focused event, is now underway.

The conference centers on Google's cloud computing business, which spans AI, machine learning, infrastructure, and productivity offerings across nearly every industry, including the widely popular Google Workspace. As a result, it often serves as the stage for the company's biggest and latest AI announcements, and this year was no different, with the new Gemini Enterprise stepping into the spotlight.

The Gemini Enterprise portfolio is now intended to be an end-to-end platform for agentic systems, enabling organizations to connect their apps, data, and processes to build, manage, orchestrate, and deploy agents. The expanded portfolio now includes the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, which Google calls the heart of the new Gemini experience.

The Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform is an evolution of Vertex AI, offering Google's full suite of models, tuning services, and other tools to help businesses maximize their agent deployments. It includes an updated Agent Development Kit and Agent Runtime, along with new capabilities: Memory Bank and Memory Profiles, which give agents longer memory, and Agent Identity and Agent Gateway, which give IT teams greater control over the agent fleet.

The Gemini Enterprise app is also new and allows teams to collaborate on agents within a single, secure environment. It is built on the Agent Platform, so the same enterprise data and protections are accessible.

Some new capabilities include:

• Agent Designer: Users can create an agent with no code, using natural language or a visual interface
• Inbox in Gemini Enterprise: Users can get real-time status alerts about agent behavior directly through email and chat
• Projects: A shared workspace for teams and agents that maintains the context of a topic
• Canvas: A built-in interactive editor that teams can use to co-create and edit in Google Docs and Slides

Gemini Enterprise also has an open partner ecosystem, so users can access third-party agents from industry leaders. In particular, the new Agent Gallery brings a full catalog of partner-built agents from Google Cloud Marketplace. Google also introduced support for the Bring Your Own Model Context Protocol (BYO-MCP), enabling professionals to connect Gemini Enterprise to third-party business tools.

Our Deeper View

The year of the agent continues, as every major AI conference of 2026 so far has put agents at the center of the agenda. The OpenClaw momentum continues to cascade, especially in the enterprise, where concerns about the governance, security, and manageability of agents have reached a fevered pitch. It's no surprise that Google wants to plant its stake in the ground since its Google Workplace systems are often where key enterprise data and context are stored. Google does not have the same level of agent buzz as OpenClaw, Claude Code, or Codex, so it needs to generate interest to match its rivals.

Disclosure: Sabrina Ortiz's travel to Google Cloud Next was paid by Google. The Deep View's coverage is editorially independent from the companies we cover.