In the news release, Google Cloud Commits $750 Million to Accelerate Partners’ Agentic AI Development, issued 22-Apr-2026 by Google Cloud over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that changes have been made. The complete, corrected release follows:
New fund and resources will support agentic AI development, adoption, and education throughout Google Cloud’s global partner ecosystem
LAS VEGAS, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cloud Next ’26 — Google Cloud today announced a $750 million fund to deliver new resources and incentives to partners in its 120,000-member partner ecosystem to help accelerate joint customers’ transformations with agentic AI. The fund, available for global consulting firms, systems integrators, software partners, and channel partners, will support AI value identification, agentic AI prototyping, agent building and deployment, upskilling, and teams of embedded Google forward-deployed engineers (FDEs).
Today, global consulting firms, systems integrators, software providers, and specialized services providers play a critical role enabling the agentic enterprise. Google Cloud’s ecosystem of system integrator partners already offer more than 330,000 experts trained on implementing Google AI for customers, and 95% of the top 20 and over over 80% of the top 100 SaaS companies use Gemini models.
This new funding will further accelerate the transformative capabilities of Google Cloud’s partner ecosystem— including partners’ ability to assess the full potential of AI, rapidly prototype and prove value, build AI agents and integrate these agents into existing software and workflows—ultimately helping more businesses realize value and benefit from Google Cloud’s AI capabilities.
New partner resources announced today include:
New tools and resources: The fund will support new tools and resources for partners, including AI value assessments, Gemini proofs-of-concept, Gemini Enterprise practice building, agentic AI prototyping and deployment, Wiz security assessments, and usage incentives to accelerate adoption of AI within these companies and their customers.
Forward-deployed engineering teams: As part of the expanded investment in partners, Google will embed FDEs alongside major consulting firms and systems integrators like Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte, HCLTech, PwC and TCS to support customer deployments and solve deep technical challenges.
Dedicated Gemini Enterprise practices: AI-native services partners, including Altimetrik, Artefact, Covasant, Deepsense, Distyl.ai, Northslope, Quantium, Tribe.ai, and Tryolabs will launch Gemini Enterprise practices as part of Google’s new Gemini Enterprise transformation program. To support these partners, Google Cloud will provide credits for sandbox development, technical upskilling, and referral opportunities to help them rapidly build, test, and deploy agentic solutions for joint customers.
Early model access: Partners including Accenture, BCG, Deloitte, and McKinsey, will receive early access to Gemini models. Their feedback will help refine these systems to ensure they’re equipped to deliver benefits for people, companies, and society.
Enterprise-ready agents: Under the expanded investment, Google Cloud will help better enable partners to surface enterprise-ready agents in Gemini Enterprise, enabling customers to easily deploy highly-vetted agents in alignment with enterprise governance and security policies. Built using the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and discoverable through the app, Gemini Enterprise now offers agents from Adobe, Atlassian, Deloitte, Lovable, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Replit, S&P Global, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, and more.
