New $750M partner fund to accelerate agentic AI prototyping and deployments

Google Cloud said on April 22 it will commit $750 million to help partners build, test, and deploy agentic artificial intelligence systems for enterprise customers. (cloud.google.com) The fund covers Google Cloud’s 120,000-member partner ecosystem, including consulting firms, systems integrators, software companies, and channel partners, according to Google’s announcement at Cloud Next 2026 in Las Vegas. (googlecloudpresscorner.com) (prnewswire.com) Google said the money will fund proof-of-concept work, customer pilots, software incentives, and access to forward-deployed engineers who work with major systems integrators on technical deployments. (cloud.google.com) (googlecloudpresscorner.com) Agentic AI is Google’s term for software that can take actions across business tools instead of only answering prompts. At the same event, Google introduced its Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as the system partners can use to build and manage those tools. (blog.google 1) (blog.google 2) Google is also pushing those partner-built agents into its sales channels. The company said agents from firms including Accenture, Deloitte, Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, and Palo Alto Networks will appear inside the Agent Gallery in the Gemini Enterprise app. (cloud.google.com) That ties the fund to a distribution plan, not just a developer subsidy. Google said partners can sell through the Agent Marketplace and reach millions of Gemini Enterprise users inside daily workplace software. (cloud.google.com 1) (cloud.google.com 2) The backdrop is a race among cloud providers to turn artificial intelligence pilots into production systems that companies will pay to run at scale. Google said nearly 75% of its cloud customers now use its AI products, and 330 customers processed more than a trillion tokens each over the past 12 months. (blog.google) Google has been building this partner push for more than a year. In 2025, it rolled out an AI agent ecosystem program and marketplace category for partner-built agents, and this week’s fund adds cash, engineering support, and sales incentives on top. (cloud.google.com 1) (cloud.google.com 2) Outside coverage framed the move as a bid to enlist the consultants that shape big corporate technology budgets. Bloomberg, carried by regional outlets, reported that firms including McKinsey, Accenture, and Deloitte are among the consultancies Google wants using the fund to bring agentic AI to clients. (eastbaytimes.com) (finance.yahoo.com) Google’s pitch is that partners are the fastest route from demo to deployment. The company is betting that if it pays part of the build-out cost now, more enterprise agents will end up running on Google Cloud later. (cloud.google.com) (thenextweb.com)