Google launches Gemini Enterprise to build and govern AI agents

Google on Thursday launched Gemini Enterprise, a cloud platform that lets companies build, deploy, and govern custom AI agents for workplace tasks, marking the company’s latest effort to compete in the enterprise AI market. The product, offered under Google Cloud rather than as an add‑on to Google Workspace, is designed to connect to internal data sources and business applications while providing prebuilt agents, a no‑code workbench and centralized governance tools, company officials said.

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian called the new product "the new front door for AI in the workplace" in a company blog post. Gemini Enterprise combines Google’s Gemini models with tools such as Code Assist and Deep Research and allows agents to access and analyze information from systems including Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 as well as enterprise applications like Salesforce and SAP, Google said. The platform includes a collection of starter agents, a visual low‑code builder for orchestrating workflows, and a central console for auditing, securing and managing permissions across agents.

Google announced a set of early customers deploying the platform, including Figma, Klarna, Gordon...