Build and share no code agents
Year: 2026 · ▶ Watch on YouTube
Jason Davenport (Technical Lead for Developer Experience) · Ines Envid (Sr. Director, Product Management)
Segments (8)
- 00:00:00 · Introduction — Jason Davenport
- Jason Davenport introduces Ines Envid to discuss the newly launched Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
- 00:34:00 · Foundations of the Agent Platform — Ines Envid
- Ines explains that the Agent Platform is built upon years of foundational, horizontal work in networking, APIs, and controls across Google.
- 01:37:00 · Explaining Agent Gateway and ‘One Network’ — Ines Envid
- Ines details how Agent Gateway is a management construct on top of Google’s ‘One Network’ that orchestrates agentic protocols without needing a separate stack.
- 04:26:00 · Protecting Unstructured Language with AI Protection — Ines Envid
- The discussion shifts to the challenge of securing unstructured human language in agent communications and how AI Protection helps.
- 05:41:00 · Leveraging Google’s API Infrastructure for MCP — Ines Envid
- Ines reveals that the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server is built on the same robust API management infrastructure that powers all of Google’s services.
- 07:15:00 · Agent Skills as Software Artifacts — Ines Envid
- Skills, which guide agents, are described as software artifacts that require proper governance like versioning and vulnerability scanning.
- 08:30:00 · Collaboration via Agent Registry — Ines Envid
- Agent Registry is introduced as a way to make agents discoverable and enable collaboration between specialized agents and human-agent teams.
- 10:08:00 · The Future: Proactive and Autonomous Agents — Ines Envid
- Ines discusses the future of proactive agents that can diagnose issues autonomously, comparing them to ‘gifted teenagers’.
Products Announced (4)
- 00:17:00 ·
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform(Newly Launched)- Leverages existing Google infrastructure · Enables building of agentic applications · Includes Agent Gateway, Agent Registry, and Skills
- Available
- 01:41:00 ·
Agent Gateway(Newly Launched)- Management construct for agentic protocols · Built on Google’s ‘One Network’ · Provides extensibility for services like SAP
- Available
- 05:49:00 ·
Google Cloud MCP (Model Context Protocol)(Available)- Enables secure communication between agents and tools · Built on Google’s internal API management platform · Provides authentication, authorization, and quota management
- Available
- 08:30:00 ·
Agent Registry(Newly Launched)- Makes agents discoverable · Stores metadata about agent capabilities · Enables access controls and collaboration
- Available
Demos (1)
- 00:21:00 ✓ · Past Google Cloud Next Demos — Jason Davenport & Ines Envid
- A verbal reference to demos they have performed together at previous conferences.
Notable Quotes (4)
- 01:47:00 — Jason Davenport:
Well, it’s like a gateway, but it’s also not a gateway.
- 02:04:00 — Ines Envid:
Looks like an agent, works like an agent, not an agent.
- 03:49:00 — Ines Envid:
You had binaries before, now you have skills. As dangerous, or more.
- 10:04:00 — Ines Envid:
I think they’re like gifted teenagers… they’re too smart for their own good.
Visual Signals
On-screen (3)
- 00:07:00 ·
Lower third: 'Jason Davenport, Technical Lead for Developer Experience, Google Cloud'- Identifies the first speaker and his role.
- 00:58:00 ·
Lower third: 'Ines Envid, Sr. Director, Product Management, Google Cloud'- Identifies the second speaker and her role.
- 21:25:00 ·
Google Cloud Next '26 logo- Brands the video and confirms the event name and year.
Stage (2)
- 00:11:00 · Two speakers are seated at a desk in a studio-like setting within a larger, busy conference hall.
- 21:16:00 · The speakers give each other a fist bump to conclude the interview.
Key Topics
Agentic Applications · Gemini Enterprise · Agent Platform · Agent Gateway · Model Context Protocol (MCP) · Agent Skills · Agent Registry · AI Security · Developer Experience · No-Code/High-Code Agents · Human-Agent Teaming · Autonomous Agents · API Management · Networking Foundations
Takeaways
- Google’s new Agent Platform is built on years of foundational, horizontal work in networking and API management.
- Agent Gateway acts as a management construct, not a separate infrastructure stack, to orchestrate agent communications securely.
- Skills are the new software artifacts; they are markdown files that guide agents but require governance like versioning and scanning to prevent tampering.
- The Model Context Protocol (MCP) for agents is built on the same highly-scaled API management platform that runs all of Google’s services, ensuring enterprise-grade security.
- Agent Registry will enable discovery and collaboration between specialized agents, fostering an ecosystem of agents and human-agent teams.
- The future of agents is proactive and autonomous, capable of diagnosing and remediating issues, but this requires careful consideration of the level of autonomy granted.
- Protecting unstructured, human-language communication is a key challenge that Google is addressing with tools like AI Protection.
- The platform is designed to facilitate collaboration between business users (no-code) and developers (high-code) in building and sharing agents.