Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said the company is committed to serving the public sector and government "in all of its domains" and said Google Public Sector is the only completely independent division to give it the leeway to serve customers.
Kurian's comments, which were delivered at the Google Public Sector Summit in Washington DC, come as the company's government playbook revolves around showing what it can do for various services with Gemini and its AI portfolio and being seen as an AI partner.
"We want everyone to leave today with 100% certainty that we are committed to supporting the govt in all of its domains. Period. It's not just building our products and accrediting them, but bringing our expertise. Google Public Sector is the only independent division giving it the ability to serve," said Kurian.
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In a talk with Google Public Sector CEO Karen Dahut, Kurian drew parallels with how Google Cloud's enterprise strategy has evolved. In multiple cases, Google Cloud has come in as a cloud provider for compute and storage, but the company differentiates with data and AI services including BigQuery, Vertex AI and Gemini throughout its platform. The approach reminds me of how Google Cloud has moved up the cloud food chain in enterprises. Constellation Research previously covered Equifax's cloud transformation in a customer story and that case study highlights how Google Cloud leverages AI and machine learning to be more strategic in multi-cloud environments.
Dahut and Kurian noted that Google Public Sector is offering innovation faster since it's not just another government cloud. "Governments will want access to the latest innovation and the choice of where you want to deploy," said Kurian, who also argued that Google Public Sector will provide a platform for multiple models.
Google Public Sector's core argument is that its tech stack can be more adaptive, responsible, secure and intelligent.
Kurian said Google Public Sector is also set up on Google Cloud's security foundation and various controls as well as its Mandiant unit and security operations. "Your data is your data and no one else's," said Kurian.
A few key points from the Google Public Sector Summit keynote and the overall strategy.
- Google Public Sector's core AI pitch revolves around being multimodal so its government clients can "now analyze 90% of the data gathered rather than just the 10%," said Dahut.
- The company is deploying a show-don't-tell strategy with its customer references at Google Public Sector Summit. The lineup of CxOs from government agencies is impressive. Demos also highlighted how generative AI can be built into government infrastructure for everything from video analysis, mapping and processes for citizen services and security analysts.
- Google Public Sector's partner strategy has evolved quickly since the way into agencies is often through integrators such as Accenture and Carahsoft. The company is also systematically checking off various clearances for its AI models.
- Kurian said AI agents have the opportunity to scale government services, automate processes for loans, permits, tax forms and claims and process unstructured data to "fundamentally change how information is processed and decisions are made."
