Welcome to the agentic era: Public sector highlights and reflections from Next ‘26

Welcome to the agentic era! Last week, leaders from our public sector customer and partner ecosystem took the stage at Google Cloud Next to share how they are leveraging AI and agents to scale their impact and advance their missions, right now. I was honored to lead a spotlight session on “ Agentic transformation in the public sector ” featuring Ted Ross, Chief Information Officer at the City of L