Google Introduces Gemini Enterprise Platform

Google Cloud has launched Gemini Enterprise, a unified artificial intelligence platform designed to integrate AI capabilities across enterprise workflows. The platform consolidates AI tools, pre-built automation agents, and data connections into a single interface, marking Google's latest effort to compete with Microsoft and other cloud providers in selling AI services to businesses.

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said the platform addresses fragmentation in current AI implementations. "The first wave of AI, while promising, has been stuck in silos, unable to orchestrate complex work across an entire organization," Kurian wrote in a blog post announcing the launch.

Integrated Approach

Gemini Enterprise combines Google's Gemini large language models with a no-code interface that allows non-technical users to build automated workflows. The system connects to data stored in Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and enterprise software from companies including Salesforce and SAP.

The platform includes pre-built AI agents for tasks such as research and data analysis, along with tools for companies to create custom agents. A centralized dashboard provides oversight and security controls for all agents deployed within an organization.

Google said 65% of its cloud customers now use its AI products.

Training Initiative

Alongside the platform launch, Google announced a free training program called Google Skills, consolidating educational resources across its AI products. The company set a goal of training 1 million developers through its Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready program.

Google also created a team called Delta, composed of AI engineers available to work directly with enterprise clients on complex implementations.

The platform builds on Google's infrastructure investments, including custom Tensor Processing Units designed for AI workloads. Kurian emphasized Google's integration of hardware, AI models, and software tools as a competitive advantage.

"Some companies offer AI models and toolkits, but they are handing you the pieces, not the platform," Kurian wrote, in an apparent reference to rivals.

Google's cloud division has trailed Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure in market share, though the company does not break out financial results for the unit separately. The enterprise AI market is projected to grow rapidly as companies seek to automate operations and reduce costs.

For more information, read the Google Cloud blog post.

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John K. Waters is the editor in chief of a number of Converge360.com sites, with a focus on high-end development, AI and future tech. He's been writing about cutting-edge technologies and culture of Silicon Valley for more than two decades, and he's written more than a dozen books. He also co-scripted the documentary film Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance, which aired on PBS.  He can be reached at [email protected].

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