Were not just building AI - we are really building and leading the way:
Google Cloud VP explains why everyone from big businesses to start-ups can benefit from the AI age

Date:
Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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Companies are finally starting to see ROI from AI, Google Cloud notes - now real innovation can begin.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter With companies of all sizes and across all industries increasingly embracing AI, the technology is rapidly moving from its experimentation phase to showing tangible results.

However achieving such results will rely on having the right partner - especially when it comes to cloud services, where Google Cloud is locked in a titanic battle with its hyperscaler rivals to show its supremacy. I spoke to Maureen Costello, Vice President UK, Ireland, Sub-Saharan Africa, Google Cloud, to find out more about what the companys AI tools can do for its customers - and how the UK in particular is leading the way in innovation. Latest Videos From Watch full video here: The agentic enterprise is here If
we were to think about 12 months ago, we were talking about experimentation and PoCs going on, and were they starting to scale - the conversation now
will be all about agents and the agentic enterprise, Costello tells me
shortly before going on stage at Google Cloud Summit London 2026 to deliver the opening keynote .

We're really seeing that shift from using AI to carry out single tasks to actually seeing complex, multi-step processes carried out autonomously by agents - and that's a real shift. You may like Google Cloud announces major new UK partnerships for the agentic age 'The era of the pilot is over, the
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The company showed off this shift with a number of expanded and new partnerships at its event, including an upgraded relationship with HSBC,
which is adopting Google Cloud AI tools and platforms for over 200 use cases across its global services, and the UK government, which will work with
Google Deepmind on a new AI-powered tool which should help reduce the time it takes for councils to process householder planning applications.

Across industries, we're really seeing the ROI starting to come...when you look at where we're working together (with customers) it is in core
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From a personal point of view, I get excited by seeing the position of the UK globally and within Europe in terms of AIwere not just building AI - we are really building and leading the way. (Image credit: Future / Mike Moore) Costello mentions the amazing levels of research going on in the UK,
including at Googles new Platform 37 office in Kings Cross, which features
The Model Garden a learning space for the latest AI technologies which the company describes as, a physical marketplace for our best ideas.

She notes that Google is also working with the UK government to offer upskilling to around 100,000 public servants on AI topics, and is also providing guidance to SMBs looking to take their first steps on their AI journey. What to read next From experimentation to execution: where agentic
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AI has the opportunity to give a 20% productivity boost to small businesses, she says, if you think about that, thats giving you a day back in a week, to actually do the tasks you need to do.

Costello mentions Googles view that AI will look to enhance jobs in terms of how we all use the technology, and highlights how the company is, working as closely as we can with all sectors of enterprise to ensure responsible usage.

The more of those kinds of applications for AI we can show - there's
financial ROI, but seeing those benefits land faster and quicker also helps, she notes, the more we look at how we can change those types of jobs, the way we can show tangible benefits...that to me is when you can really see the benefits. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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