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Cool stuff Google Cloud customers built, May edition: Agentic algorithms for supply chains; virtual try-on APIs; robotic camera operators & more

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, who are building the future on our platform, there…

High-Throughput Graph Abstraction at Netflix: Part I

The Next Wow Factor: A Conversation with Sidney Lu, Chairman and CEO, Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT)

Sidney Lu has spent four decades building things no one thought Taiwan could build. His rule: every three years, deliver something that genuinely surprises — or…

When AI becomes part of the workflow: Redesigning how software gets built

AI is already transforming how software is built—but most organizations are capturing only a fraction of its value. At Sonar, teams redesigned the product devel…

Airline premium cabins: Profitability at the front of the plane

Airlines can modernize their approach to business- and first-class revenue. Premium cabins call for differentiated strategies.…

Leading from the field: Transformation in distributed operations

Don’t let your production network transformation get bogged down. For faster, stronger results, put site leaders in front—while providing direction from the cen…

From Family Business to Diversified Powerhouse: A Conversation with Daniel Tsai, Chairman, Fubon Group

How Daniel Tsai transformed a family insurer into one of Asia’s most diversified — and most resilient — business empires.…

How Trustpilot built a real-time architecture for data enrichment using Gemma

Processing millions of user reviews in real-time, under strict latency and cost constraints, is no easy task. Trustpilot has been doing exactly that with custom…

The next gold rush: How the Bay Area can keep its edge in the AI era

San Francisco is driving the AI revolution. How can the Bay Area sustain and expand this innovation ecosystem in the years to come?…

The fully-managed Remote MCP Server for AlloyDB is now Generally Available

AI agents possess incredible reasoning capabilities and can perform increasingly complex actions. But the reliability of agentic outcomes depends entirely on th…

What Google Cloud announced in AI this month

Editor’s note: Want to keep up with the latest from Google Cloud? Check back here for a monthly recap of our latest updates, announcements, resources, events, l…

When warranty costs rival R&D spend: Remaking vehicle quality with AI

As warranty costs surge, automakers are turning to AI-enabled quality systems to detect risks earlier and reduce financial exposure.…

Dynamic Repartitioning for Time Series Workloads

Doubling Down on Suno, the Platform for Creative Entertainment

Every major consumer platform is built on a new behavior. TikTok made short-form video consumption mainstream. Netflix changed how we watch TV. Suno is doing so…

Latino economic mobility: Insights from five years of research

This compendium brings together five years of McKinsey research on how Latinos are reshaping America’s economic future and why expanding opportunity for this dy…

How CEOs can navigate the new era of trade

AI, geopolitical realignment, and shifting capital flows are redrawing trade corridors and reshaping competitive advantage—forcing leaders to rethink where and …

Preparing for agentic commerce: REWE’s AI transformation

The German retail and tourism group’s chief digital and technology officer says AI is “the most fundamental change in the way we do business in 50 years.”…

Embracing complexity: Parloa’s vision for next-gen customer experience

Chris Silver, chief revenue officer at Parloa, talks with McKinsey partner Brian Blackader about the shift to adopting AI technologies in customer care, getting…

Reducing container cold start times using SOCI index on DLAMI and DLC

In this post, we look at how to use SOCI on publicly available Deep Learning AMIs and Containers, when to use the various SOCI modes provided by the tool, and h…

Fundamental’s Large Tabular Model NEXUS is now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

In this post, we show you how to get started with NEXUS on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, walk through the deployment process, and demonstrate how to run predictio…

Automate model quota request and operational issue triage on Amazon Bedrock

In this post, we introduce Amazon Bedrock Ops Alert, a three-layer automated monitoring solution that proactively detects operational issues, dynamically adjust…

Author Talks: How to succeed when systems fail

What if the fastest way to transform an organization is through crisis? Marina Nitze explains how crises expose hidden failures—and create rare opportunities fo…

What's new for Managed Service for Apache Spark clusters

At Google Cloud, our goal is to let you run large-scale analytical and data science workloads with maximum efficiency so you can process big data pipelines, mac…

Resetting cost competitiveness in pulp and paper packaging

Overcapacity, volatile costs, and weak demand are compressing margins. Successful companies are harnessing AI to pursue cross-functional interventions that targ…

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

Deploy NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. Get 5x faster inference and 30% lower cost for agentic AI workloads with this frontier reasoning m…

Co-Existence and the End of Co-Intelligence

Also: how pitch a book to an AI!…

Banking and AI: When the tech starts doing the work, not just assisting it

Three McKinsey experts explain how AI is reshaping banking from the inside out—and why the biggest obstacle isn’t the technology.…

The next wave of value in the materials supply chain

A slew of forces is expanding roles for overlooked players in the materials supply chain in North America and Europe.…

HR Monitor 2026: A turning point for the people function

A comprehensive benchmark survey of workforce and HR trends across Europe, the United States, and China delivers critical insights for today’s HR leaders.…

Reimagining federal procurement in the digital and AI age

Digitalizing federal procurement can improve decision-making, increase efficiency and transparency, and bolster resilience—all of which are critical in today’s …