Presenting at the Next '26 Developer Keynote is one of those moments I'll remember for a long time.
Thank you to everyone who played a part.
Till the next Next!
πGoogle released Agent Development Kit (ADK), a new open-source framework to build, manage, evaluate and deploy multi agents!
ADK is an open-source Python framework letting you spin up complex, multi-agent apps in <100 lines of code, without sacrificing customizability,
ADK v1.10.0 is OUT and it dropped with parallel function execution. π
ADK now runs independent function calls from the model in parallel instead of serially.
TLDR:
π’ Before: tool_A() -> tool_B()
ποΈ Now: [tool_A(), tool_B()]
π₯ Your agent is now faster.
> Check out the
π Big news! @MetaAI's new multimodal Llama 4 models, Scout & Maverick, are now LIVE on #VertexAI on @googlecloud! π€―
TL;DR
π¦ Llama 4 Scout:
17B params/16 experts
Would Fit on 1 H100 GPU
MASSIVE 10M token context window
π¦ Llama 4 Maverick:
17B params/128 experts
Top-tier
ICYMI: The ADK public roadmap is LIVE on Github!
ADK released the public roadmap for ADK on GitHub! It details key focus areas for making ADK more powerful, accessible, and robust.
TLDR
βοΈ Declarative agents via config
π» Browser & desktop automation
π Production-grade eval &
π£ Introducing the new Vertex AI Gen AI Eval UI!
Evaluating LLM-based applications is challenging. To help, we just dropped a new UI in Vertex AI Gen AI Evaluation service to assess LLMs right from the console.
TLDR;
π±οΈ UI-driven evaluation
π Use existing data, generate new
π Startup adventures continue!
Two years ago, I kicked off my journey with @googlecloud's startup program as an AI mentor, never dreaming it would lead me to a tech office hour at @ycombinator.
Today was incredible. I teamed up with several startups, tackling challenges in
Vertex AI Vector Search 2.0 is coming!
Last week Vertex AI launched the private preview of the new Vertex AI Vector Search 2.0 (VS2.0) βnew vector database simplifies building AI apps, fixes past issues, and enhance open-source integration
What's new:
ποΈ Collections: Vectors +
Are you aware of the new Cloud Deploy custom target for model deployment?
Check out the new article! It provides an overview of new Cloud Deploy integration with Vertex AI, and guide you through a getting started sample.
BREAKING NEWS: Agent2Agent Protocol joins the Linux Foundation family!
Today at the Open Source Summit North America, the Agent2Agent protocol is being donated to the Linux Foundation.
This initiative aims to establish a community-driven standard for AI agent communication,
π ADK v1.8.0 just dropped!
This release is packed with new tools for enhanced agent development and deployment.
Feature highlights:
πΉ Agent Card Builder class to generate A2A agent cards for ADK agents
πΉ A2A ASGI conversion to turn any ADK agent into an A2A ASGI deployable
Are you curious how to build GenAI applications with @langchain π¦π and Vertex AI on @googlecloud?
If so, you won't want to miss this event next week in collaboration with @gdgcloudmilano and @DataScienceMi .
Registration link ππ»