Cloud Next 2025 keynote
Thomas Kurian · Apr 9, 2025 · 1h 40m · Las Vegas, Nevada
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
- 1Google Cloud shipped over 3,000 product advancements in the prior year2:53
- 2Vertex AI usage grew 20x year over year33:22
- 37th-generation Ironwood TPUs deliver 42.5 exaflops per pod, a 10x jump from the prior generation16:19
- 4A4 and A4X VMs made Google Cloud the first provider offering both NVIDIA B200 and GB20016:19
- 5The open-source Agent Development Kit (ADK) lets developers build agents in under 100 lines of code46:40
- 6The Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol launched with over 50 partners for multi-agent interoperability46:40
- 7Gemini 2.5 Pro entered public preview as a new thinking model for precision tasks18:44
- 8Google Agentspace expanded with Chrome Enterprise integration and a new Agent Gallery58:18
Announced
3 available the same day| Announcement | Status |
|---|---|
| Ironwood TPUs (7th gen)42.5 exaflops per pod, 10x improvement | GA |
| A4 & A4X VMsNVIDIA B200 and GB200, first cloud to offer both | GA |
| NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUsUp to 15 exaflops FP4 inference per rack | Coming |
| Cloud WANUp to 40% performance improvement, 40% TCO reduction | GA |
| Gemini 2.5 ProPublic preview thinking model for precision tasks | Preview |
| Agent Development Kit (ADK)Open-source; build agents in under 100 lines of code | Announced |
| Agent2Agent (A2A) ProtocolOpen protocol for multi-agent ecosystems, 50+ partners | Announced |
| Google AgentspaceExpanding with Chrome Enterprise integration, Agent Gallery | Announced |
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| Apr 9, 2024 | Google Cloud Next 2024Thomas Kurian, Sundar Pichai · 1h 41m · 8 announcedModels, Agents, AI infrastructure | Models, Agents, AI infrastructure | NVIDIA Grace Blackwell (B200 and GB200) comes to Google Cloud early in 2025; TPU v5p became generally available | 8 |
About this keynote
Keynote page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md4Fs-Zc3tg
- Thomas KurianCEO, Google Cloud
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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