Cloud Next 2026 keynote
Thomas Kurian · Sundar Pichai · Apr 22, 2026 · 1h 39m · Las Vegas, Nevada
Summary
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.
Key themes: Agents, AI infrastructure, Security · AI-written summary from the published transcript
- 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 VegasSource
Announced
6 available the same day| Announcement | Status |
|---|---|
| Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformAgent Studio, ADK, Agent Runtime, Memory Bank, Identity, Registry, Gateway | GA |
| Gemini Enterprise AppWorker interface with Gemini Projects, Deep Think, Microsoft 365 interop | GA |
| TPU 8tTraining-optimized; 3x Ironwood power, 2x performance per watt | GA |
| TPU 8iInference-optimized; 80% better performance per dollar | GA |
| Google Cloud Axion N4AArm-based processor | GA |
| NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72Google Cloud among first platforms to offer it | Coming |
| Agentic Data CloudKnowledge Catalog, Data Agent Kit, Lightning Engine for Spark | GA |
| Threat Hunting AgentNew Security Operations agent | Preview |
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About this keynote
Timestamps appear where the published captions place a highlight; the others link the official recap that states them.
Keynote page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=11PBno-cJ1g
- Thomas KurianCEO, Google Cloud
- Sundar PichaiCEO of Google and Alphabet
Companies named: Accenture, Amazon, Atlassian, AWS, Box, Capcom, Cisco, Citi, CrowdStrike, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Docusign, GE Appliances, Google, Google Cloud, Highmark Health, Lovable, Macy's, Mars, McKinsey, Merck, Microsoft, Nvidia, Okta, Oracle, Palantir, Palo Alto Networks, Papa John's, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Tata Steel, The Home Depot, Unilever, Virgin Voyages, Vodafone, Wiz, Workday
Last changed 2026-09-24.
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