3. More ways to accelerate development
We are streamlining the developer workflow to help you move from a prompt to a production-ready application with far less friction. This year’s updates focus on removing the infrastructure setup that traditionally slows teams down.
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Native Android support in AI Studio: You can now go directly from a natural language prompt to a fully native Android app within the browser. This includes support for the Google Play Console, allowing developers to publish apps directly to the test track without managing local SDK environments.
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The seamless handoff: Through a new integration, you can export entire projects from Google AI Studio directly to your local Antigravity environment with a single click. This transfers your complete codebase, files, and conversation context so you can transition from web prototyping to local development without losing your place.
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Managed agents: For lean startup teams, building a production-grade agent shouldn’t require managing complex infrastructure. Available across both the Gemini API and Google Cloud’s Agent Platform, the new Managed Agents API acts as an agent-as-a-service so you can “manage the mission, not the machine.” Simply define your instructions and tools, and a single API call will spin up your agent within a secure, ephemeral Google Cloud sandbox. This allows your team to offload the heavy lifting of backend maintenance and focus entirely on building great agentic experiences
What it means for startups: We are providing a straightforward path from prototype to production. You can quickly test app concepts in the browser, move them to a local workspace for deep orchestration, and deploy user-facing agents using managed cloud infrastructure — saving your engineering team weeks of setup and maintenance.
4. A boost for your personal productivity
While your engineers are accelerating product development, we also want to help founders and operators manage the daily noise of running a company.
To help with this, we are introducing Gemini Spark — a new 24/7 personal AI agent that works in the background across Google Workspace and other daily tools. Instead of just answering questions, it can autonomously execute multi-step workflows on your behalf.
For example, Spark can identify a critical product delay, cross-reference your team’s documents to recalculate the timeline, update internal tracking sheets, and draft an update email to your investors — all while waiting for your explicit approval before executing.
What it means for startups: While Antigravity builds your product, Spark acts as your digital chief of staff. It handles the routine, manual operational processes so you can stay focused on high-impact, strategic innovation.
Start building today: The Google for Startups AI Agents Challenge
Open globally to eligible startup founders and developers, this competition equips your team with $500 in cloud credits and access to our new Agent Platform, so you can build autonomous agents and compete for a share of a $90,000 prize pool.
We’re offering separate tracks, whether you want to build a net-new agent from scratch, optimize an existing prototype for production, or prep a business-ready agent for enterprise distribution, there is a track tailored to your exact stage. Submissions are open until June 5, 2026, and will be evaluated on technical implementation, business case, innovation, and your final demo. Learn more and sign up for the challenge here.
