Google Cloud — Partner Intelligence

Current state (as of 2026-05-17)

Gemini 3 is the current flagship model line, with Gemini 3.1 Flash Image ("Nano Banana 2" / NB2) as the multimodal image-edit + generation surface, Veo for video, and Imagen for stills. The Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) is the first-party agent framework — Python primary, TypeScript second-class — and the A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol is the first-party interop spec for cross-agent communication via Agent Cards. Vertex AI continues to anchor the managed-model + managed-pipeline lane on Google Cloud. Cloud Partner Advantage is the partner program (Sell + Service + Build engagement tracks).

Product map

• Gemini (model family) — Gemini 3 (flagship), Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 3 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (NB2 / Nano Banana 2), Veo (video), Imagen (stills). Frank uses Gemini 3.1 Flash Image daily for multimodal delivery.
• Vertex AI — managed model serving, training, evaluation, deployment. The enterprise lane for Gemini and partner models on Google Cloud.
• Google AI Studio — developer surface for Gemini API.
• Agent Development Kit (ADK) — first-party agent framework. Python primary. Multi-agent orchestration, tool use, deployment to Vertex AI Agent Engine.
• Agent Engine (Vertex AI) — managed runtime for ADK agents.
• A2A protocol (Agent-to-Agent) — open spec for cross-agent communication via Agent Cards. JSON-RPC-style wire format, capability discovery via Agent Card, task lifecycle primitives. Public spec.
• Google Agents CLI — Python CLI + skills bundle for ADK (NOT a separate framework — it ships ADK ergonomics).
• Google Cloud Partner Advantage — partner program. Tracks: Sell, Service, Build. Entry criteria: revenue + technical certifications + customer references (to verify against current Partner Advantage page).
• Open-source artifacts — ADK (Apache 2.0), A2A protocol spec + reference servers (Apache 2.0), Vertex AI SDK (Apache 2.0).