Google launches DevFest 2026 with focus on agentic AI development
Google has announced the return of DevFest, its global community-led developer conference series, running from October 1 to December 31, 2026. The event aims to engage nearly one million developers worldwide through over 800 local gatherings hosted by Google Developer Groups in 115 countries. This year’s theme, "Build, Secure, Scale: Developers and Builders in the Agentic Era," emphasizes…
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- DevFest 2026 runs Oct 1–Dec 31, featuring 800+ events across 115 countries for ~1M developers.
- Theme "Build, Secure, Scale" focuses on agentic AI, emphasizing security, privacy, and responsible guardrails.
- Hands-on sessions cover Gemini, Google AI Studio, Antigravity, and Web MCP via codelabs and agent-athons.
Participants will engage in live codelabs, workshops, and "agent-athons" using tools such as Gemini, Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, and Web MCP. The program highlights three key pillars: the ease of rapid prototyping, the critical need for secure and responsible AI deployment, and the availability of production-ready infrastructure for scaling applications. By leveraging local GDG curation, the events are tailored to address specific regional tech ecosystem needs while fostering an inclusive environment for skill development.
This initiative underscores Google’s strategy to embed its AI technologies deeply into the global developer community. By focusing on the "agentic era," Google is signaling a shift toward practical, secure, and scalable AI integration, encouraging developers to move beyond basic experimentation to robust, real-world applications using its enterprise-grade models and cloud services.
DevFest is back
Google AI Blog · 14 September 2026
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