Technology company
Google is the search, advertising and cloud company founded in 1998 and based in Mountain View, California, a subsidiary of Alphabet. Its AI work spans the Gemini models from Google DeepMind, the Google Cloud platform and developer tools such as the open-source Agent Development Kit (ADK) for building and deploying AI agents.
Last reviewed 28 Oct 2026
Facts at a glance
| Type | Search, advertising, cloud and AI company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California |
| Parent company | Alphabet Inc. |
| Agent products | Agent Development Kit (ADK), Agent Engine on Google Cloud, Gemini models |
| Latest update covered here | ADK for Python 2.13.0, published 23 October 2026 source |
What Google does in AI agents
Google publishes the Agent Development Kit as open source on GitHub, with Python, Java, Go, Kotlin and TypeScript versions, and offers Agent Engine on Google Cloud as a place to deploy ADK agents. Its models come from Google DeepMind, which has its own page on this site. The timeline below lists every story that names Google.
Questions people ask
- Is Google the same as Google DeepMind?
- No. Google DeepMind is the AI research lab inside Google that builds the Gemini models; Google is the wider company that also runs Google Cloud and developer tools such as ADK.
- What is Google ADK?
- The Agent Development Kit, an open-source framework from Google for building, evaluating and deploying AI agents. It is optimized for Gemini but works with other models.