Google Cloud Unveils Gemini Agent for Enterprise Work

Google Cloud introduced the Gemini agent on October 8, a single AI agent for work that can answer questions, handle knowledge work, create media, and write and run code from one prompt box.

The agent works directly inside Google Workspace apps including Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Calendar, and also operates through Microsoft 365 and Slack. It runs in the cloud, keeping a single set of memories and context across devices, and can carry a task across hours or days after a user closes their laptop.

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian framed the launch around delegation rather than instruction. “Work now starts in the prompt window,” he said, describing an agent that plans work, uses skills and tools, connects to business systems, and returns something finished (Google Cloud Blog, 2026).

A notable feature is the coworker agent. A manager describes a role, and Gemini creates an agent with its own Workspace account, an email address of the form @agents.company.com, a calendar, Drive storage, and a listing in the company directory. Each coworker agent operates under its own identity and sees only the information team members choose to share with it.

The agent does not rely on a single model. It routes each job across Google’s Gemini models and Anthropic’s Claude models, with support for additional models planned. A Smart Routing capability evaluates each workload and assigns it to whichever model balances quality and cost most favourably. Administrators can set spending thresholds at the project level, and the agent pauses automatically when limits are hit.

Industry-specific versions for financial services and legal teams are in preview, with government, healthcare, and retail versions listed as coming. The financial services version draws on data from FactSet and LSEG and includes more than fifty skills.

The launch follows OpenAI’s September release of always-on dots agents and Meta’s Muse, intensifying competition to sell AI that can work autonomously. Google said close to ninety percent of Fortune 100 companies are already Gemini Enterprise customers.