Google Cloud announces $750 million fund for AI partner ecosystem
Google Cloud announced a $750 million fund to support its 120,000-member partner ecosystem in developing and deploying agentic AI solutions. The fund targets global consulting firms, systems integrators, software partners, and channel partners.
The announcement was made at Cloud Next '26 in Las Vegas. The fund will provide resources for AI value identification, agentic AI prototyping, agent building and deployment, upskilling, and teams of embedded Google forward-deployed engineers.
Google Cloud's partner ecosystem currently includes system integrator partners offering more than 330,000 experts trained on implementing Google AI. The company stated that 95% of the top 20 and over 80% of the top 100 SaaS companies use Gemini models.
The fund will support new tools and resources including AI value assessments, Gemini proofs-of-concept, and agentic AI prototyping. Google will embed forward-deployed engineering teams alongside major consulting firms including Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte, Devoteam, HCLTech, and TCS.
AI-native services partners including Altimetrik, Artefact, Covasant, Deepsense, Distyl.ai, Northslope, Quantium, Tribe.ai, and Tryolabs will launch Gemini Enterprise practices. Google Cloud will provide credits for sandbox development, technical upskilling, and referral opportunities to these partners.
Partners including Accenture, Bain & Company, BCG, Deloitte, and McKinsey will receive early access to Gemini models. Gemini Enterprise currently offers agents from Adobe, Atlassian, Deloitte, Lovable, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Replit, S&P Global, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, and other companies.
"Google Cloud's partners are already leaders in agentic AI development and deployment," said Kevin Ichhpurani, president, Global Partner Ecosystem at Google Cloud.