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Google Next: April 23, 2026

21 curated links on AI agents, Python, security, Google Cloud, and engineering, selected by Médéric Hurier.

  1. Introducing Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

    cloud.google.com

    Vertex AI evolves into a unified platform for building, scaling, and governing agents, introducing Agent Studio and long-term memory capabilities via Memory Bank.

  2. One platform for agent development

    cloud.google.com

    Gemini Enterprise becomes the singular hub for the agent lifecycle, integrating Agent Identity, Registry, and Gateway for enterprise-grade control.

  3. Agents CLI - From Create to Production

    developers.googleblog.com

    A new CLI tool simplifies the agent development workflow, enabling developers to move from local prototyping to production deployment in a single environment.

  4. What's new in Gemini Enterprise

    cloud.google.com

    Key updates include the Agentic Developer Kit (ADK) and new agent-specific governance features to manage autonomous AI behavior at scale.

  5. Introducing Workspace Intelligence

    workspace.google.com

    A new semantic layer across Workspace that enables "Google Drive Projects," transforming storage into a contextual collaborator.

  6. Workspace Intelligence with Admin Controls

    workspaceupdates.googleblog.com

    New administrative settings allow IT teams to manage how Workspace Intelligence accesses and processes internal company data for agentic workflows.

  7. Ask Gemini in Drive is Generally Available

    workspaceupdates.googleblog.com

    Users can now interact with their entire Drive via a conversational interface to synthesize information and take actions across files.

  8. AI Overviews in Gmail Search

    workspaceupdates.googleblog.com

    Gmail search now provides AI-generated summaries of email threads and documents to help users find information faster without opening individual messages.

  9. Introducing the Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog

    cloud.google.com

    A dynamic context graph that maps an organization's entire business data to provide high-fidelity grounding for AI agents.

  10. The Future of Data Lakehouse for the Agentic Era

    cloud.google.com

    Google Cloud enhances the lakehouse architecture with a Cross-Cloud capability, allowing agents to query AWS and Azure data without copying it.

  11. Looker updates for Agentic BI

    cloud.google.com

    Looker adds "Agentic BI" features, enabling AI agents to perform complex data analysis and generate insights autonomously via the Looker Semantic Layer.

  12. What's new in the Agentic Data Cloud

    cloud.google.com

    Updates include the Lightning Engine for Apache Spark, which is up to 4.5x faster, specifically optimized for grounding AI agents in real-time.

  13. Redefining Security with Google Cloud and Wiz

    cloud.google.com

    Following the acquisition, Wiz features are deeply integrated to provide "code-to-cloud" security context for AI-generated applications.

  14. Introducing Agent Sandbox on GKE

    docs.cloud.google.com

    A new security boundary for Kubernetes that isolates AI agents, ensuring they can execute complex tasks without compromising the host environment.

  15. Gemini Cloud Assist at Next '26

    cloud.google.com

    The AI assistant for cloud operations now supports automated incident response and proactive cost optimization for agentic workloads.

  16. Introducing Spend Caps and AI Cost Visibility

    cloud.google.com

    New financial governance tools allow teams to set hard limits on AI spend and gain granular visibility into the cost of running autonomous agents.

  17. Gemini Embedding 2 is Generally Available

    blog.google

    The second-generation embedding model delivers significantly better retrieval performance for RAG and long-context agentic reasoning.

  18. Announcing Google's Official Skills Repository

    cloud.google.com

    A curated library of pre-built "skills" (tool definitions and prompt templates) that developers can use to quickly expand agent capabilities.

  19. Eighth-generation TPU for the agentic era

    blog.google

    Google unveils TPU v8, a dual-chip family featuring the TPU 8t for massive training and the TPU 8i for inference, offering an 80% improvement in performance per dollar.

  20. Next '26 Day 1 Recap

    cloud.google.com

    A comprehensive overview of the shift from AI pilots to full-scale enterprise production with Gemini Enterprise.

  21. Welcome to Google Cloud Next '26

    cloud.google.com

    The opening keynote emphasizes the "Agentic Era" and Google's commitment to providing a full-stack solution for autonomous enterprise AI.