The data estate is now the agent estate
BigQuery Graph, BigQuery measures and the Knowledge Catalog turn metadata into a runtime semantic layer. Fragmented data means fragmented agents.
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Conference · Apr 2026 · Las Vegas
Google Cloud Next '26: Three Shifts for Every CXO
Back from the Partner Summit with three shifts for leaders: the data estate is the agent estate, BI is agentic, and governance is the moat.
Read the three shifts ↓SquareShift joined the Google Cloud Partner Summit at Next '26 and came back with three shifts every CXO should plan for.
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From the Partner Summit
Three shifts for every CXO
BI is agentic, not visual
Looker Dashboard Agents, agentic workflows and Conversational Analytics point to a new BI primitive: an action, not a chart.
Governance is the new moat
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, with Agent Studio, Agent Orchestration and the Knowledge Catalog, along with Agent Registry, Agent Gateway and Model Armor, moves the question from whether you can build agents to whether you can govern them.
At a glance
- An AI roadmap is a data readiness roadmap.
- The BI stack will be re-platformed faster than expected.
- The CISO now governs a fleet of agents.
