Google Launches Gemini Enterprise at Cloud Next, Unveiling Full AI Agent Platform to Rival OpenAI and Anthropic

Google launches Gemini Enterprise at Cloud Next, unveiling a powerful end-to-end AI agent platform built on Vertex AI, featuring new tools like Memory Bank and Agent Gateway, as it aggressively competes with OpenAI and Anthropic for enterprise dominance in 2026.

• Google is unveiling Gemini Enterprise at Google Cloud Next, positioning it as an end-to-end platform for agentic systems that lets organizations build, manage, orchestrate, and deploy AI agents across their apps, data, and processes.
• The Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, an evolution of Vertex AI, is rolling out with new tools including Memory Bank, Agent Identity, Agent Gateway, a no-code Agent Designer, and a collaborative app environment for enterprise teams.
• As AI agent competition intensifies in 2026, Google is racing to match rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic by leveraging its Google Workspace foothold and launching an open partner ecosystem with third-party agent access via Agent Gallery and BYO-MCP support.