Google’s New Stack: Gemini On-Prem, ADK, Open Models -- Interview

I sat down with Matt Thompson, Director of Developer Advocacy at Google Cloud, during Google Next.We discussed various topics, including Google Cloud's Gemini, the Agent Developer Kit (ADK), and the move towards making platforms more intelligent and secure. Matt shared insights on the importance of open source, the future of integrated developer tools, and the strategies driving Google's technological advances. Checkout Google for developers: https://goo.gle/google-for-developers Website: https://engineerprompt.ai/ RAG Beyond Basics Course: https://prompt-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/rag Let's Connect: 🦾 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/t4eYQRUcXB ☕ Buy me a Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/promptengineering |🔴 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PromptEngineering 💼Consulting: https://calendly.com/engineerprompt/consulting-call 📧 Business Contact: engineerprompt@gmail.com Become Member: http://tinyurl.com/y5h28s6h 💻 Pre-configured localGPT VM: https://bit.ly/localGPT (use Code: PromptEngineering for 50% off). Signup for Newsletter, localgpt: https://tally.so/r/3y9bb0 00:00 Introduction and Welcome 02:17 Agent Developer Kit (ADK) Overview 03:58 Platform Intelligence 04:59 Open Source Philosophy of ADK 06:28 Security Concerns with Agent Frameworks 08:12 Google Distributed Cloud and Gemini On-Prem 11:04 Google's Competitive Edge in AI Models 13:31 Support for Open Weight Models and TPUs 14:19 AI Studio vs. Vertex: When to Use What 18:35 Google's Open and Closed Models Strategy 22:54 Why Choose Google Cloud? 25:22 The Future of Developer Tooling 28:25 Collaboration and Vibe Coding