• by Laurie Sullivan , 4 hours ago

Google Cloud has announced a $750 million fund to support its 120,000 partners in advancing joint customers' transformation with agentic artificial intelligence (AI), and companies will launch enterprise practices as part of the program.

Available to global consulting firms, systems integrators, software partners and channel partners, the fund will support AI identification, agentic AI prototyping, agent building and deployment, upskilling and teams of embedded Google forward-deployed engineers (FDEs).

"With expanded funding, we will be able to dedicate new resources and technology to support our partners as they accelerate our mutual customers' agentic AI journeys," Kevin Ichhpurani, president, Global Partner Ecosystem at Google Cloud, stated.

The funding was announced today as Google Cloud executives makes several days of announcements related to AI and agentic services from Las Vegas. One announcement relates to Google Gemini's work with NASA to support astronauts' preparation and safety For Artemis II.

Google's AI agentic ecosystem has expanded into a services company with this funding. About 330,000 experts have been trained on implementing Google AI for customers, and 95% of the top 20 and more than 80% of the top 100 software as a service (SaaS) companies use Gemini models, estimates Google.

Funding will further accelerate capabilities of Google Cloud's partner ecosystem, partners that prototype and prove value, build AI agents and integrate these agents into existing software and workflows, and help businesses realize benefits from Google Cloud's AI capabilities.

Resources announced today support tools and resources for partners such as AI value assessments, Gemini proofs-of-concept, Gemini Enterprise practice building, agentic AI prototyping and deployment, Wiz security assessments, and usage incentives to accelerate adoption of AI within these companies and their customers.

Google will embed FDEs alongside major consulting firms and systems integrators like Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte, HCLTech, PwC and TCS to support customer deployments and solve deep technical challenges, as part of the investment.

Altimetrik, Artefact, Covasant, Deepsense, Distyl.ai, Northslope, Quantium, Tribe.ai, and Tryolabs will launch Gemini Enterprise practices as part of Google's new Gemini Enterprise transformation program.

Google Cloud will provide credits for sandbox development, technical upskilling, and referral opportunities to support the program, helping companies build test, and deploy agentic platforms and solutions for joint customers.

Accenture, BCG, Deloitte, and McKinsey will receive early access to Gemini models as part of the program, providing feedback to Google when needed.

Gemini Enterprise also now offers agents from Adobe, Atlassian, Deloitte, Lovable, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Replit, S&P Global, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, and others.