Google launches Gemini subscriptions to help corporate workers build AI agents (www.cnbc.com)

Google launched two paid packages—Gemini Enterprise ($30/user/month) and Gemini Business ($21/user/month)—to help corporate employees build and deploy AI agents without coding. The subscriptions bundle Agentspace (Google’s agent-building product) and prebuilt agents for software development, data science and customer engagement, plus integrations with Box, Microsoft, Salesforce and partners like Workday. Enterprises get governance and security tooling out of the box: Model Armor lets IT inspect and block requests and responses in agent chats, and existing Agentspace customers will be upgraded to Gemini tiers for free during their contracts. The offerings leverage Google’s multimodal Gemini models for text, images and video. For AI/ML teams and enterprise adopters, the move is significant because it packages no-code agent creation with prebuilt workflows and built-in governance—lowering the barrier for business users while addressing chief enterprise concerns around safety and compliance. Analysts note most firms are still testing agents rather than running them at scale, so Google’s security-first positioning could accelerate adoption. A technical caveat: these agent subscriptions are tied to Gemini model updates, so enterprises will watch how Google synchronizes model improvements (e.g., the upcoming Gemini 3.0) to avoid being locked into lagging capabilities.