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Day 1 of Google Cloud Next is in the books. The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6DJYGn2SFk">opening keynote</a> was outstanding, and we announced technology (and customer stories) that I found inspiring. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMH5OcW5UYw">Tomorrow morning&#8217;s keynote (10:30am PT)</a> features more shenanigans because I&#8217;m involved. Tune in!

[blog] <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/welcome-to-google-cloud-next24/?e=48754805">Welcome to Google Cloud Next ‘24</a>. This kickoff blog from Thomas sets the stage by listing out the major announcements we made today.

[blog] <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-for-google-cloud-is-here/?e=48754805">Powering Google Cloud with Gemini</a>. Brad explains what an AI-assisted cloud looks like with services across app development, databases, analytics, security, and more.

[blog] <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/gen-ai-and-app-development-tools-and-partnerships/?e=48754805">Ushering in a new era for app developers</a>. So much good stuff for developers. Gabe&#8217;s post recaps everything from dev tooling to new partnerships.

[blog] <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/whats-new-with-google-clouds-ai-hypercomputer-architecture/?e=48754805">What’s new with Google Cloud’s AI Hypercomputer architecture</a>. The vertical integration here at Google Cloud is unique and powerful. Among other things, Mark announces TPU/GPU updates and new open source software.

[blog] <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/introducing-googles-new-arm-based-cpu/?e=48754805">Introducing Google Axion Processors, our new Arm-based CPUs</a>. This is our first one of these, and looks to be a difference-maker.

[blog] <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/google-clouds-container-platform-for-the-next-decade-of-ai/?e=48754805">The container platform for the next decade of AI and beyond</a>. Cloud Run and GKE form the best container platform you&#8217;ll find anywhere. These are terrific updates for builders and those running (AI) workloads at scale.

[blog] <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/whats-new-with-databases-at-next24/?e=48754805">What&#8217;s new and what&#8217;s next for Google Cloud databases</a>. I like the changes we&#8217;ve made for database users who are writing queries or managing fleets.

[blog] <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/data-analytics-at-next24/?e=48754805">What’s next for data analytics at Google Cloud Next ’24</a>. The BigQuery updates are outstanding, including the new continuous queries.

[blog] <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/google-cloud-gemini-image-2-and-mlops-updates/?e=48754805">Google Cloud announces updates to Gemini, Imagen, Gemma and MLOps on Vertex AI</a>. Get your hands on Gemini 1.5 Pro and that giant context window. Also check out new grounding capabilities and prompt management experiences.

[blog] <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/build-generative-ai-experiences-with-vertex-ai-agent-builder/?e=48754805">Announcing Vertex AI Agent Builder: Helping developers easily build and deploy gen AI experiences</a>. Build and orchestrate custom agents to make generative AI apps more contextual and relevant for your users.

[blog] <a href="https://developers.googleblog.com/2024/04/gemma-family-expands.html">Gemma Family Expands with Models Tailored for Developers and Researchers</a>. Now access and use our high-performing open model that offers coding assistance.

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 <a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/whats-new-with-google-clouds-ai-hypercomputer-architecture/?e=48754805\">What’s
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 <a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/data-analytics-at-next24/?e=48754805\">What’s
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