https://www.constellationr.com/research/google-public-sector-summit-2025-takeaways-data-ai-and-roi-seven-technology-leadersPublic sector technology executives laid out a series of takeaways and best practices at the Google Public Sector Summit in Washington DC. The takeaways ranged from focusing on your data foundation, use cases for AI agents and the importance of training and human-in-the-loop processes.
Google Public Sector CEO Karen Dahut said there's urgency in government to leverage AI, transform and do it in a national secure way. The company positioned itself as a key public sector AI infrastructure provider that can enable AI agents to carry out missions.
Los Angeles is rolling out a broader digital transformation effort called SmartLA 2028 as it preps for the 2026 World Cup, 2027 Super Bowl and 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The US Department of Defense has awarded contracts to Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI with a ceiling of $200 million to each vendor to leverage AI models for national security.
BT150 member Dr. Jonathan Reichental said the impact on autonomous vehicles on smart city design is underappreciated.
General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations for United States Space Force, outlined the agency's increasing challenges, but noted that the innovation at scale and pace is possible with a public-private partnership.
Google Public Sector Summit featured a packed lineup of AI leaders, panels on use cases and real-world government challenges. Here's a look at the takeaways.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said the company is committed to serving the public sector and government "in all of its domains" and said Google Public Sector is the only completely independent division to give it the leeway to serve customers.
Google Public Sector said Gemini in Google Distributed Cloud for secret and top-secret workloads will be available in early 2025 as the two-year-old unit announced key customer wins NIH Strides and CalHEERS as well as a Federal AI Solution Factory with Accenture. Google Cloud also won new authorizations for Air Force Cloud One to provide cloud services to the Department of the Airforce.
