Google Cloud Next 2025 kicked off in Las Vegas this week, and it’s clear the tech giant has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. From launching its most powerful AI chip yet to building out full-scale AI agents and bringing Gemini models on-prem, Google made its biggest push so far to put advanced AI tools in the hands of both developers and enterprises.

Sundar Pichai sets the tone

Kicking off the event, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted how far the company has come with AI.

“The chance to improve lives and reimagine things is why Google has been investing in AI and machine learning for more than two decades,” he said.

Calling AI the biggest driver of innovation at Google, Pichai added, “We see it as the most important way we can advance our mission: to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” He emphasised how AI is already powering Google’s most-used services and helping businesses reimagine what’s possible.

New AI Agent Kit and no-code tools

Another standout was the launch of the AI Agent Development Kit (ADK) — an open-source toolkit that lets developers create multi-agent systems in less than 100 lines of code. It works with Google’s APIs and includes “Agent Garden,” a collection of pre-built connectors and workflows.

To make AI easier for non-coders, Google also introduced Agent Designer, a drag-and-drop interface for building custom work bots. And Agent Gallery now lets employees browse and use available agents across their organisation, from Google and third-party partners.

Workspace upgrades and security agents

In the Workspace suite, Google added features like Audio Overview, which can turn Docs into podcasts, and Help Me Analyse, which pulls insights from Google Sheets without formulas.

Security-wise, the big reveal was the Google Unified Security solution, combining detection, red-teaming, and browser security into one platform. Alongside it came the Alert Triage Agent, which investigates alerts on its own, and a Malware Analysis Agent that checks potentially harmful code.

Summing up Google’s AI vision, Sundar Pichai said, “It’s exciting to see how our products are helping companies of all sizes do more with AI — and translate those benefits to customers.” For Google, the AI future isn’t just coming. It’s already here.

A global network, now for everyone

In a move that could reshape enterprise networking, Google is opening up its global Cloud Wide Area Network (Cloud WAN) to businesses everywhere. Previously used only for Google services like Gmail and Search, Cloud WAN now gives enterprise users access to the same “Google speed” private network across 200+ countries.

Kurian claims it improves performance by up to 40% and reduces costs by a similar margin. Big clients like Nestlé and Citadel Securities are already using it for faster and more secure data connectivity.

Ironwood TPU and Gemini everywhere

Google introduced its 7th-generation Tensor Processing Unit, Ironwood, calling it the most powerful TPU the company has ever built. According to Kurian, Ironwood delivers a 10x performance boost over previous versions, helping power the growing compute demands of models like Gemini.

“Ironwood delivers 42.5 exaflops of compute per pod,” he said, adding it’s specifically tuned for AI inferencing at massive scale. Google says this will allow faster model training and better real-time AI deployments.

At the same time, Google is bringing its Gemini models on-premise via Google Distributed Cloud (GDC). In partnership with Nvidia and Dell, Gemini can now run in air-gapped environments, including top-secret government data centres. “This provides the highest levels of security and compliance,” Kurian noted.

At the centre of this year’s updates are Gemini 2.5, a reasoning-heavy language model, and Gemini 2.5 Flash, an ultra-fast version tuned for low-cost, real-time tasks. “These new features make powerful AI easier to use and more affordable for everyday use cases,” said Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian.

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