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Google Cloud Next 2025: Opening Keynote: The new way to cloud

Thomas Kurian · Apr 9, 2025 · 1h 40m · Las Vegas, Nevada

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Summary

Thomas Kurian said Google Cloud's AI vision from a year ago is now reality, citing 3,000+ product advancements, 4 million Gemini developers and a 20x jump in Vertex AI usage.

Key themes: Agents, AI infrastructure, Models · AI-written summary from the published transcript

Where each highlight is said1:40:04
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  1. 2:53

    Google Cloud shipped over 3,000 product advancements in the prior year

  2. 16:19

    7th-generation Ironwood TPUs deliver 42.5 exaflops per pod, a 10x jump from the prior generation

  3. 16:19

    A4 and A4X VMs made Google Cloud the first provider offering both NVIDIA B200 and GB200

  4. 18:44

    Gemini 2.5 Pro entered public preview as a new thinking model for precision tasks

  5. 33:22

    Vertex AI usage grew 20x year over year

  6. 46:40

    The open-source Agent Development Kit (ADK) lets developers build agents in under 100 lines of code

  7. 46:40

    The Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol launched with over 50 partners for multi-agent interoperability

  8. 58:18

    Google Agentspace expanded with Chrome Enterprise integration and a new Agent Gallery

Announced

3 available the same day
GAIronwood TPUs (7th gen)42.5 exaflops per pod, 10x improvement
GAA4 & A4X VMsNVIDIA B200 and GB200, first cloud to offer both
ComingNVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUsUp to 15 exaflops FP4 inference per rack
GACloud WANUp to 40% performance improvement, 40% TCO reduction
PreviewGemini 2.5 ProPublic preview thinking model for precision tasks
AnnouncedAgent Development Kit (ADK)Open-source; build agents in under 100 lines of code
AnnouncedAgent2Agent (A2A) ProtocolOpen protocol for multi-agent ecosystems, 50+ partners
AnnouncedGoogle AgentspaceExpanding with Chrome Enterprise integration, Agent Gallery

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Keynote page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md4Fs-Zc3tg

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Photos: Eric Dietrich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Companies named: Accenture, Adobe, Airbus, Anthropic, Anyscale, Box, Capgemini, Charles Schwab, Dell Technologies, Deloitte, Google, Google Cloud, HCLTech, Honeywell, Intuit, KPMG, McDonald's, Mercedes-Benz, Mistral AI, NetApp, Nvidia, Reddit, Rivian, Salesforce, Samsung, SAP, ServiceNow, Spotify, TCS, The Home Depot, Toyota, Verizon, Vertiv, Vodafone, Wells Fargo, Wipro

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