The founder’s AI foundation: The top announcements for startups from Next ‘26

The momentum is undeniable: the world’s fastest-growing AI startups are building with Google Cloud . Instead of stitching together fragmented point solutions, founders are building their businesses here because we offer the entire AI stack in a single, open environment. And, as we saw at Next ‘26 last week , we continue to advance the models, infrastructure, platforms, security, and governance tha