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Glance will be the first app to offer this agent to its 235 million Android users across the country, equipping India's youth with the
skills they need to thrive in the digital economy | Photo: Shutterstock3 min read Last Updated Oct 06 2024 | 11:35 AM IST
India is among
the fastest-growing markets for Google in the cloud services segment, a senior executive has said, adding that the tech giant is looking to
partner companies in their business transformation through its offerings.
Google Cloud India is seeing an "increased adoption" of its
offerings across segments from the public sector to small and medium businesses and from startups and digital-native companies, Google Cloud
India Vice President and Country Managing Director Bikram Singh Bedi told PTI.Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp
"If you look at
cloud services as a segment, India is one of the fastest-growing countries for Google
If you look at the kind of customers that we're working with across segments -- public sector, SMB, smaller companies, medium-sized
companies, large enterprises, startups, digital native companies..
across the board...we're working with multiple stakeholders who are essentially using Google Cloud services and then over a period of time,
stage now.
"The early adopters will always be companies who are perhaps more agile...think of digital-native companies, startups...Just to
give a little bit of perspective, 90 per cent of Gen AI unicorns now use Google Cloud
And 60 per cent of all Gen AI-funded companies use Google
And this is up from last year, so you're seeing this increased adoption that is coming across the board in that whole digital native space,"
he said.
Google Cloud recently announced a plan to bring together the power of Beckn-enabled open networks' and Gemini (Google's GenAI
chatbot) by way of an open-source Gemini Agent Framework available to Indian businesses and users.
This framework, powered by Google's
AI model Gemini enables users to search and discover listings from electronics to seeds, from jobs to educational courses, and make
transactions seamlessly across key sectors like agriculture and skilling.
Users will be able to access this extensive information from a
single interface, using their voice on any network-compliant app in the language of their choice
Farmers can now have access to a wealth of knowledge from best practices to market linkages, and even formal credit, all in one
place.
"Glance will be the first app to offer this agent to its 235 million Android users across the country, equipping India's youth
with the skills they need to thrive in the digital economy.
"To help export the unique and transformative architecture of India's DPI
stack to enable other nations to build their digital infrastructure, Google Cloud is collaborating with the EkStep Foundation to create 'DPI
in a box', a plug-and-play model based on open network, identity, digital credentials, and other Digital Public Goods," Google said in a
release earlier this month.
The tech titan lined up a slew of AI-powered innovations announced Indian language capabilities for Gemini
Live, and unveiled new updates for Google Lens, Google Maps, Google Cloud as well as Google Pay at the tenth edition of the 'Google for
India' event in New Delhi.
"Google Cloud is committed to partnering with Indian businesses and innovators to harness the transformative
Through initiatives like our open-source Gemini Agent Framework and collaborations on 'DPI in a box', we are not only advancing India's
digital landscape but also creating a blueprint for digital inclusion," according to Bedi.(Only the headline and picture of this report may
have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)First Published: Oct 06
