At Google I/O on May 19, Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash, which TechCrunch said shows Google betting its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots. CNBC reported the same day that Google debuted new AI models and personal AI agents in an effort to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic.
Flash-class models are the cost-efficient tier that enterprises use for high-volume work, so the strategic point is price and speed for agentic workloads that make many model calls. Google followed in October with a unified Gemini agent for business customers.
Source: TechCrunch