Google — Agentic AI Overview
Overview
Google's agentic AI portfolio spans foundational research, developer frameworks, managed cloud platforms, and security standards. Google introduced the Transformer architecture (2017) and continues to contribute heavily to open agent tooling, multi-agent protocols, and enterprise deployment patterns via Google Cloud.
Key Offerings
| Product / Area | One-liner | Wiki Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini CLI | Open-source terminal coding agent (Apache 2.0) — Google Search grounding, MCP, free tier, GEMINI.md support | AgenticFrameworks/ai-coding-agents.md |
| Google ADK | Agent Development Kit — open-source framework for building single and multi-agent systems | AgenticFrameworks/google-adk.md |
| Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform | Google Cloud's comprehensive platform for building, scaling, governing, and optimizing agents — successor to Vertex AI | AgentPlatforms/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform.md |
| SAIF Framework | Secure AI Framework — Google's security reference model for AI workloads | SecurityFrameworks/google-saif.md |
| GenOps | Google Cloud's evolution of MLOps adapted for generative AI and agent lifecycle management | AgentOps/genops.md |
| Google Maturity Model | Google's perspective on agentic AI adoption maturity stages | MaturityModels/google.md |
| Gemini Enterprise — Enterprise Comparison | Gemini platform in the context of the top 10 enterprise agentic AI platforms for 2026 | AgentPlatforms/enterprise-platforms-2026.md |
| Google Agent Gallery (Agents Marketplace) | Partner-built agents embedded in the Gemini Enterprise app — 50+ certified partners, A2A protocol, two-step IT governance, $750M partner fund | Marketplace/google-cloud-marketplace.md |
| Google Skills Repository | Official GitHub repository of ready-made skills for Gemini CLI and Google ADK-based agent harnesses | Standards/skills.md#provider-skills-repositories |
| Open Knowledge Format (OKF) | Open specification (v0.1, June 2026) for portable, agent- and human-readable knowledge bundles — markdown + YAML frontmatter, no SDK or runtime required | Standards/open-knowledge-format.md |
| Agent Client Protocol (ACP) | Gemini CLI was Google's first ACP-native integration, validating Zed's editor-agent interoperability standard | Standards/agent-client-protocol.md |
| Kubernetes Agent Sandbox | Kubernetes SIG Apps subproject (launched KubeCon Atlanta, Nov 2025); GKE productization now GA with Pod Snapshots, sub-second sandbox provisioning, and up to 30% better price-performance on Axion | Standards/k8s-agent-sandbox.md |
| Agent Substrate | New Google open-source project — minimal control plane built on Agent Sandbox's runtime/snapshotting for ultra-scale, sub-second tool-call agent fleets | Standards/k8s-agent-sandbox.md |
| Looker Semantic Layer (LookML) | Mature BI-native semantic modeling language — single source of truth for business metrics, grounding gen AI trustworthiness; OSI ecosystem participant | AgenticTechStack/semantic-data-layer-radar.md |