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Google updates Enterprise tools for agentic AI at Next.
A new Agent Platform streamlines automated work and security.
Google also upgraded Workspace and data infrastructure.
As companies use more agents in their workflows, managing them securely and efficiently becomes a primary challenge. Google just created a possible solution, wrapped in the same accessible interface that many teams are used to.
On Wednesday at Google Cloud Next, the company's annual enterprise conference, Google released its new Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform for developers. Evolved from Vertex AI, Agent Platform "brings together the model selection, model building, and tuning services of Vertex AI that customers love, along with new features for agent integration, security, DevOps, orchestration, and more," CEO Thomas Kurian said in the announcement.
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The platform revamps the current Gemini Enterprise experience and offers over 200 models, including Gemini 3.1 Pro, Nano Banana 2, Gemma open models, and competitive models from Anthropic, such as its just-released Opus 4.7. Since Agent Platform is built on Vertex, Google noted that those services will now flow through Agent Platform exclusively.
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