Google Cloud Next 2025 wrapped up on Friday, April 11 in Las Vegas, and as official event sponsors, the Very Good Ventures (VGV) team had front-row seats to the innovation unfolding across the cloud, product development, and enterprise tech ecosystems.
From our booth, to private networking events, to immersive tech demos with partners like Universal Destinations & Experiences and Trackhouse Racing, we connected with forward-thinking teams ready to elevate their digital products.
Here are a few of our top takeaways from this year’s event:
AI is Delivering (and Becoming More Accessible)
Unlike past trends that faded into hype cycles, AI is moving fast and breaking real ground. No longer just a talking point, generative AI is showing real impact and becoming part of everyday work.
From intelligent document processing to real-time agentic interfaces, the pace of development at Google Cloud means even today’s limitations feel temporary.
Perhaps the most exciting shift is that AI is no longer just for developers. Google’s focus on building no-code and low-code pathways inside tools like Google Workspace is making it possible for non-technical users to design agentic apps. This democratization is accelerating adoption and allowing every team member to contribute to meaningful AI-powered experiences.
For developers, this means new expectations—and new opportunities—to build intelligent systems that are intuitive, human-centered, and deeply embedded into business operations. The message from GCN was clear: this isn’t just another wave of tech, it’s a tide change.
Google’s AI Advantages
Google is creating a deeply integrated AI ecosystem that’s increasingly difficult to match. It owns “the chips” (TPUS), the infrastructure (Google Cloud), the tools (Vertex AI, Gemini, Workspace integrations), and the data ecosystem (Search, Gmail, Maps, Photos, Docs). Its true strength lies in the seamless integration across products and platforms.
That being said, we can acknowledge that Google isn’t just enabling AI-powered applications; it’s building an integrated foundation that makes developing them faster, easier, and more secure than ever before. The real competitive edge? Owning the inputs, the platform, and the delivery layer.
Flutter & Gemini: The Dream Team For AI-Powered Apps
Flutter is already the gold standard for building high-performance, multi-device applications from a single codebase. Now, with the Gemini Dart SDK in beta, it’s easier than ever to bring generative AI into those apps.
At GCN, we shared how Flutter and Gemini enable teams to:
- Build fast, scalable AI experiences across mobile, desktop, web, and beyond
- Leverage natural language input, summarization, and content generation
- Iterate quickly with hot reload and intelligent interfaces
- Keep control of data and user interactions through Google’s privacy-first cloud model
AI might be the engine, but UI is still the driver, and Flutter remains the best way to bring intelligence to life on every screen.
Learn more about how you can integrate generative AI into your Flutter app here!
A VGV Vision: Introducing the Concept of Generative UI in the Agentic Space
Generative UI (Gen UI) has the potential to fundamentally reshape how users interact with agentic applications. Today’s agentic experiences are largely text-based: you type a prompt, and the AI replies in text. While effective, it's not always the most human-friendly approach. Sometimes, we just want to see it.
The real power emerges when AI generates dynamic, visual interfaces on the fly based on unique user needs. Instead of asking users to endlessly refine text prompts, the agent intelligently predicts what information is needed next, and generates visual components like sliders, dropdowns, calendars, or even real-time maps to collect it. Can you imagine booking a trip not through a chat thread, but through a branded, fully interactive, AI-composed interface that adapts in real time? That’s Gen UI. Now, picture this functionality built with Flutter.
At Very Good Ventures, we're already prototyping this vision with our partners: fully interactive assistants that blend conversational power with dynamic, branded UI experiences. Gen UI toolkits, especially when paired with Flutter, make this not only possible but also scalable, performant, and delightful.
We believe Gen UI will define the next era of UX for intelligent digital products. It’s a shift from bots that talk to bots that show, adapt, and respond visually.
Looking Ahead
The digital experiences of the future will be radically different—designed with actual people at the center, not just abstract personas. They’ll be AI-native from day one, with generative capabilities deeply embedded to enhance functionality and creativity.
These experiences will be platform-agnostic, seamlessly running across every screen and device. And most importantly, they’ll be agentic—empowering users to take action, accomplish goals, and engage meaningfully, rather than just consume content passively.
At Very Good Ventures, this is the future we’re building: one project, one partnership, and one great digital experience at a time.
Whether you're exploring how to bring AI into your apps, evaluating Flutter for your next product, or looking to scale with a modular architecture, we’d love to help!
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