Google Cloud Next '26 Developer Keynote

Google Cloud Next '26 Developer Keynote (Day 2, April 23, 2026) was a hands-on, technical deep-dive focused on building and running production-grade agentic applications. While the Opening Keynote set the strategic vision, this session showed developers how to actually implement it with live coding and real-world demos. Main Theme "How do we unlock our superpowers of creativity to model the world around us?" The keynote moved "beyond Hello World" to tackle practical challenges in agentic AI: multi-agent orchestration, durable memory, zero-trust security, evaluation, and scaling agents in production. Key Highlights & Demos Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform in action: Presented as the evolution of Vertex AI for building autonomous agents that proactively complete tasks. It includes the Agent Development Kit (ADK), Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, Agent Runtime, Skills Repository (for efficient token usage and domain-specific knowledge), and strong governance/observability tools. Live Marathon Planning Demo (the standout centerpiece): A multi-agent system to plan a marathon for 10,000 runners on the Las Vegas Strip. It featured: Planner Agent (route planning) Evaluator Agent (scoring routes on distance, safety, community impact, etc.) Orchestration, evaluation, UI building, and iteration using the new platform tools. Technical Focus Areas: Multi-agent "swarms" and orchestration High-code + no-code collaboration (developers build core, business users extend via skills) Security integration (e.g., with Whiz for code/infra scanning and AI-powered risk detection) Agent evaluation, skills, tools, and runtime Developer Resources: Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program: Free learning paths, 35 monthly credits, and hands-on labs to get started building enterprise agents. The session featured speakers like Brad Calder, Stephanie Wong, Sarah Kennedy, Ricky Robinett, and multiple Developer Relations Engineers, with live coding and contributions from partners like LangChain. In short: This was the builder-focused keynote — practical, code-heavy, and demo-driven — showing exactly how to turn the "Agentic Enterprise" vision into working software using Google Cloud’s new tools.