Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude and one of OpenAI’s chief competitors, emerged from the holiday weekend with big news: A completed funding round of $13 billion, awarding the company a $183 billion post-money valuation. The company said in a press release that between the start of 2025 and August — less than nine months — […]
In this post, we explore how natural language database analytics can revolutionize the way organizations interact with their structured data through the power of large language model (LLM) agents. Natural language interfaces to databases have long been a goal in data management. Agents enhance database analytics by breaking down complex queries into explicit, verifiable reasoning steps and enabling self-correction through validation loops that can catch errors, analyze failures, and refine queries until they accurately match user intent and schema requirements.
In this post, we demonstrated how to automate the deployment of Amazon Knowledge Bases for RAG applications using Terraform.
Uber Eats is teaming up with Best Buy to offer deliveries of the store’s selection of tech products, like headphones, chargers, laptops, gaming gear and small appliances. Starting today, you can order a product at Best Buy through the Uber Eats app and have it delivered to your doorstep the same day, adding to store’s […]
The Agent Development Kit (ADK) Hackathon is officially wrapped. The hackathon wrapped up with over 10,400 participants from 62 countries, resulting in 477 submitted projects and over 1,500 agents built! Building on the excitement from our initial announcement, the hackathon proved to be an invaluable opportunity for developers to experiment with cutting-edge technologies and build the next generation of agents. The hackathon focused on designing and orchestrating interactions between multiple agents using ADK to tackle complex tasks like automating processes, analyzing data, improving customer service, and generating content. Now, let's give a massive round of applause to our outstanding winners. These teams demonstrated exceptional skill, ingenuity, and a deep understanding of ADK. Grand Prize SalesShortcutBy Merdan Durdyyev and Sergazy NurbavliyevSalesShortcut is a comprehensive AI-powered Sales Development Representative (SDR) system built with multi-agent architecture for automated lead generation, research, proposal generation, and outreach. Stop Cold-Calling Manually—Meet SalesShortcut (AI SDR Full video) North America regional winner Energy Agent AIBy David BabuEnergy Agent AI is a multi-agent AI transforming energy customer management through Google ADK orchestration. WattsWise AI: Google ADK Multi-Agent System Transforming Energy Customer Management Latin America regional winner Edu.AI – Multi-Agent Educational System for BrazilBy Giovanna MoellerEdu.AI democratizes Brazil's education with autonomous AI agents that evaluate essays, generate personalized study plans, and create interdisciplinary mock exams, all in one intelligent system. ADK Hackathon Asia Pacific regional winner GreenOpsBy Aishwarya Nathani and Nikhil MankaniGreenOps automates sustainability as an AI team that continuously audits, forecasts, and optimizes cloud infrastructure. GreenOps - Agent Development Kit Hackathon with Google Cloud Europe, Middle East, Africa regional winner Nexora-AIBy Matthias Meierlohr, Luca Bozzetti, Erliassystems, and Markus HuberNexora is next-gen personalized education. Learn through interactive lessons with visuals, quizzes, and smart AI support. Nexora - Product Demo Honorable mention #1 Particle Physics AgentBy ZX Jin and Tianyu ZhangParticle Physics Agent is an AI agent that converts natural language into validated Feynman diagrams, using real physical laws and high-fidelity data — bridging theory, automation, and symbolic reasoning. Agent Development Kit Hackathon with Google Cloud - Particle Physics Agent Honorable mention #2 TradeSageAIBy Suds KumarTradeSage AI is an intelligent multi-agent financial analysis platform built using ADK, Agent Engine, Cloud Run and Vertex AI, that revolutionizes trading hypothesis evaluation. TradeSage AI Honorable mention #3 BleachBy Vivek ShuklaBleach is a Visual AI agent builder built using Google ADK that describes agents in plain English, designs visually, and tests instantly. Bleach Ai Agent builder on google adk Inspired by the ADK Hackathon? Learn more about ADK and continue the conversation in the Google Developer Program forums. Ready for the next hackathon? Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is turning 10, and we're celebrating with a hackathon! Join us to build powerful AI agents that interact with microservice applications using Google Kubernetes Engine and Google AI models. Compete for over $50,000 in prizes and demonstrate the power of building agentic AI on GKE. Submissions are open from Aug 18, 2025 to Sept, 22 2025. Learn more and register at our hackathon homepage.
The traditional knock is that light roast espresso is bitter and sour. But new techniques mean that just plain isn’t true anymore.
Sergii Gorbachov shares how his team at Slack saved thousands of hours by using an innovative hybrid approach combining AST and LLM to tackle a complex migration from Enzyme to React Testing Library. He explains the challenges of this widespread problem, detailing how they built a pipeline that modeled human problem-solving to successfully automate the migration. By Sergii Gorbachov
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Call of Duty is being adapted into a live action film as part of a new deal signed by Activision and Paramount. Paramount, the film studio behind Top Gun: Maverick, will “develop, produce, and distribute a live-action feature film” based on the franchise, and “both companies are committed to honoring the brand’s rich narrative and […]
With the new cluster creation experience, you can create your SageMaker HyperPod clusters, including the required prerequisite AWS resources, in one click, with prescriptive default values automatically applied. In this post, we explore the new cluster creation experience for Amazon SageMaker HyperPod.
