Google DeepMind agentic rise 2026
KP Sawhney and Ian Ballantyne from Google DeepMind explain that 85% of engineers at Google are running agentic loops and graphs. This setup defines their current engineering workflow. They advise developers to delete their IDE because it is no longer needed. The speakers warn that in 2026, if you are not building AI agents, it is crazy how bad you are. Their 25-minute session on building AI agents inside Google offers more value than 10 paid agentic courses. Watch the talk, then read how to run a self-improving agentic system in the article below.
