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Google Launches DevFest 2026 With 800+ Global Events Focused on Agentic AI Development

September 14, 2026 at 12:28 EDT

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AI Agents
Software Dev & Coding

Google is taking its annual DevFest conference global this fall with over 800 community-led events across 115 countries, bringing together nearly a million developers to build, secure, and scale applications in what the company is calling the agentic era. Running from October 1 through December 31, 2026, DevFest emphasizes hands-on experimentation with Google's full AI and developer toolkit, from Gemini models to Google Cloud infrastructure, as autonomous AI agents move from research prototypes into production deployments.

Google • September 2026

DevFest 2026: Building in the Agentic Era

800+ community-led developer events worldwide. Nearly 1 million developers. One mission: hands-on learning for autonomous AI systems.

800+

Events Planned

115

Countries

~1M

Expected Developers

3mo

Oct–Dec 2026

Core Focus Areas

Build: Faster development with Gemini, Google AI Studio, and hands-on codelabs
Secure: Responsible AI practices and governance for autonomous agents
Scale: Production-ready infrastructure on Google Cloud for long-running agentic systems

Key Capability Gap in 2026

Enterprise readiness lags innovation. Developers report gaps in observability, cost governance, and reliability practices for agents running days or weeks unattended. DevFest prioritizes closing that gap with hands-on workshops and real-world best-practice sharing.

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