Are you ready to get hands-on with Google Cloud’s AI tools? In this 2 hour gHack, you will work in teams of 4. Together you will build a Formula E Race Analysis System from scratch using a variety of our AI and Data tools. Teams will work together to build the solution by searching, learning and collaborating together to find the answers needed. 3-2-1 lights out and away we go!

Organizations across the healthcare ecosystem are in various stages of shifting to a more patient- and provider-centric model. Traditional care models often fall short of meeting the rising expectations of patients who demand personalized, seamless, and value-driven interactions. Learn how leading organizations are leveraging technology to empower care professionals and improve patient experiences.

Want to build your own Gemini-powered applications? Bring your laptops. This technical session provides the interactive experience you need. We’ll guide you through practical examples and code snippets, and cover how to start creating with the Gemini SDK on Vertex AI.

Cloud, AI, and data analytics technologies have the potential to revolutionize healthcare - streamlining eligibility determination, automating administrative processes, and providing greater access to critical services. By tailoring interventions, resources, and communication strategies to individual needs, technology can enable more effective, engaging, and personalized care for all.

Leaders of small businesses from around the globe take the stage to discuss how they’re using generative AI to bring positive change to their communities and environment. In this panel, we’ll show you how there are no limits to what your business can create.

Deploy and scale containerized AI models with NVIDIA NIMs on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). In this interactive session, you’ll gain hands-on experience deploying pre-built NIMs, managing deployments with kubectl, and autoscaling inference workloads. Ideal for startup developers, technical founders, and tech leads.

**Please bring your laptop to get the most out of this hands-on session**

Join GXO's SVP of Data/AI/ML, Ramin Rastin, and Senior Director of Data, Americo, as they share their remarkable journey of implementing Generative AI and Vertex AI within their organization. Discover how GXO leveraged Google Cloud's cutting-edge technology to achieve significant scalability and efficiency gains, enhance business operations, and improve user experience. In this session, you'll learn how GXO: Scaled rapidly: Deployed 15-20 AI-powered assistants within the first six months of 2025, each reducing workloads by 40-60%. Enhanced flexibility: Developed a Generic Chat Assistant mid-project to adapt to evolving business needs. Improved accessibility: Created an intuitive user interface for all users, regardless of technical expertise. Centralized control: Implemented an Admin Page with role-based access control for enhanced security and governance.

This meetup is a space for developers actively working with any open-source AI libraries, frameworks, or tools, to share their projects, challenges, and solutions. Whether you're building with LangChain, Haystack, Transformers, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or any other open-source AI tool, we want to hear from you. This meetup will provide an opportunity to connect with other developers, share practical tips, and get inspired to build even more with open-source AI on Google Cloud. Come ready to contribute, and let's learn from each other!

Unleash the power of Gemini with Vertex AI Studio. This hands-on lab guides you through using Gemini for image analysis, prompt engineering, and conversational AI, all within a user-friendly interface. Learn to design prompts and generate content directly from the Google Cloud console.

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Are you ready to get hands-on with Google Cloud’s AI tools? In this 2 hour gHack, you will work in teams of 4. Together you will build a Formula E Race Analysis System from scratch using a variety of our AI and Data tools. Teams will work together to build the solution by searching, learning and collaborating together to find the answers needed. 3-2-1 lights out and away we go!

Faster AI innovation cycles often require MLOps – a critical, but complex, undertaking. Join us in this session to discover how a platform approach to MLOps on Vertex AI simplifies and accelerates the entire AI life cycle. Learn how to streamline development, deployment, and management of your AI models. We’ll also share real-world success stories from customers like GSK.

Ready to build production-grade AI agents to solve real-world challenges? Join us for a deep dive on the Vertex AI Agent Builder. Learn how to create sophisticated, multi-agent applications that combine generative AI with deterministic workflows. We'll cover key features including the Google Agent Development Kit (ADK), the Vertex AI Agent Garden, and the Vertex AI Agent Engine. We’ll show you how to build, deploy and monitor agents in production. You will also learn directly from customers about their agents built on Vertex AI.

Want to create a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system perfectly tailored to your data and use case? This session dives into building custom RAG pipelines on Vertex AI. Learn how to combine Vertex AI services like document processing, vector search, and grounding to build powerful, context-aware AI applications.

Generative AI and machine learning (ML) are transforming industries, but many smaller organizations believe these technologies are out of reach due to limited resources and specialized skills. In this session, we’ll demonstrate how BigQuery is changing the game, making gen AI and ML accessible to teams of all sizes. Learn how BigQuery – with its serverless architecture, built-in ML capabilities, and integration with Vertex AI – empowers smaller teams to unlock the power of AI, drive innovation, and gain a competitive edge.

Join this session to discover how a phone plan selection app, built with Flutter and Firebase, leverages Gemini 2.0 to enhance and simplify the customer experience. Gain insights into the technical architecture, identify actionable strategies to implement similar AI-driven solutions in your own apps, and understand the key principles of using AI to enhance the customer experience.

Explore how startups are creating impact for a wider range of users. Discover real-world examples of AI transforming hiring practices, product design, and user interfaces, and join the discussion on creating AI that serves everyone.

Imagine starting your workday with AI agents at your fingertips, from right within your browser. Join us in this session to learn how Google Agentspace, seamlessly integrated with Chrome and NotebookLM, can change the way you approach work. Think of automating your personal workflows, accessing critical information instantly, and working in unison with AI – all within your familiar browser environment.

Ever wondered what your work interface with AI agents will look like? Join us to learn about the latest advancements in Google Agentspace – your launch point for enterprise-ready AI agents. In this session, we’ll cover the exciting new capabilities and ready-to-use agents in Agentspace, and the new use cases enabled by it.

Join us as we explore the intersection of computer use capabilities and the broader challenge of building effective AI agents. We'll examine how these developments map to the core requirements of AI agents: the ability to plan through strong reasoning and contextual understanding, act via direct computer interaction and tool use, and reflect through learning from experience. We'll share insights from recent implementations, and explore how emerging capabilities in areas like computer use are shaping the development of more capable AI systems.

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Move your generative AI projects from proof of concept to production. In this interactive session, you’ll learn how to automate key AI lifecycle processes—evaluation, serving, and RAG—to accelerate your real-world impact. Get hands-on advice from innovative startups and gain practical strategies for streamlining workflows and boosting performance.