Google just launched its agentic enterprise play, and it runs from chip to inbox

Summary: Google rebranded and consolidated its AI platform at Cloud Next 2026, renaming Vertex AI to the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and absorbing Agentspace into a unified Gemini Enterprise product. The announcements include Workspace Studio (no-code agent builder), 200+ models in the Model Garden including Anthropic Claude, partner agents from Box, Workday, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, ADK v1.0 stable releases across four languages, Project Mariner (web-browsing agent), managed MCP servers with Apigee as an API-to-agent bridge, and A2A protocol v1.0 in production at 150 organisations. Kurian framed the strategy as owning the full stack from chip to inbox while competitors “hand you the pieces, not the platform.”

Google used the opening keynote of Cloud Next 2026 on Tuesday to unveil what amounts to a full rebranding and consolidation of its AI platform around agents. Vertex AI is now the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Google Agentspace, the employee-facing AI assistant ...