Google Cloud Next 2026 Highlights AI Startup Partnerships and $750M Funding Initiative

Google Cloud Next 2026 in Las Vegas featured significant announcements targeting AI startups, including a new $750 million budget to help Cloud partners sell AI agents to enterprises. This funding supports costs like Gemini proof-of-concept projects, cloud credits, and deployment rebates for partners ranging from startups to large consulting firms. Several standout startups using Google Cloud were highlighted, including Lovable, which is expanding with a new coding agent through Google's enterprise app marketplace and reported being on a $400 million ARR track as of February. Notion, valued at about $11 billion, uses Gemini models for text and image generation features. Gamma, valued at $2.1 billion, employs Google's Nano Banana 2 image model and other Cloud features. Inferact accesses Nvidia's GPUs through Google Cloud while using Google's AI stack. ComfyUI offers access to Nano Banana 2 and utilizes other Cloud features. Other startups receiving recognition include ChorusView, Emergent AI, ExaCare AI, Insilica, Optii, Parallel AI, Proximal Health, Reducto, Stord, Stylitics, Temporal, Vapi, Vurvey Labs, Wand, Watershed, and ZenBusiness. The event emphasized Google's push to onboard AI startups onto its cloud platform.