Google Cloud Next '26: $750M Agentic AI Partner Fund, Merck $1B Deployment, HCLTech Gemini Enterprise BU
Google Cloud Next ‘26 is underway in Las Vegas, and the enterprise agentic AI storyline just got a lot more concrete. Three major announcements landed this morning that together signal how serious the industry’s largest players are about moving from AI experimentation to agentic production deployments at scale. $750 Million for Partner Agentic AI Development Google Cloud announced a $750 million fund aimed at accelerating agentic AI adoption across its 120,000-member partner ecosystem. The fund targets consulting firms, systems integrators, software providers, and channel partners — the organizations actually doing implementation work for enterprise customers. ...