August 6, 2025
5 min read
Esther Shittu
Google unveils new AI agents for BigQuery, Spanner, and analytics, boosting productivity for data engineers and scientists.
Google Launches Advanced Agentic AI Tools for Data Scientists and Engineers
Google introduced a suite of new agentic AI capabilities aimed at data engineers and data scientists during the Google Cloud Next Tokyo 2025 conference. These tools are designed to simplify complex data workflows and enhance productivity by leveraging generative AI.New AI Agents and Tools
- Data Engineering Agent in BigQuery: This agent helps data engineers simplify and automate complex data pipelines. Users can use natural language prompts to streamline workflows such as ingesting data from Google Cloud Storage, transforming data, and maintaining data quality.
- Data Science Agent in BigQuery Notebooks: Powered by Google's Gemini large language model, this agent supports exploratory data analysis, data cleaning, machine learning predictions, and feature engineering. It can plan, execute code, reason about results, and present findings while collaborating interactively with data scientists.
- Conversational Analytics Agent and Code Interpreter: The Code Interpreter translates complex natural language queries into Python code, making it accessible for business users and analysts.
- Spanner Migration Agent: An AI-powered service that assists data engineers in migrating databases from systems like MySQL to Google Spanner.
- Gemini Data Agents APIs: These APIs orchestrate different agents and enable integration with systems. The first API, Conversational Analytics API, integrates Looker's natural language processing and code interpreter capabilities into applications.
- Gemini CLI GitHub Actions: A free AI coding agent designed to assist developers.
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- Gemini 2.5 Deep Think: Expanded availability to Google AI Ultra subscribers.
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Industry Context and Expert Insights
Google's focus on agentic AI aligns with growing enterprise interest in autonomous AI agents, which are expected to transform how businesses operate by reimagining workflows in an AI-native context. Chirag Dekate, Gartner analyst, emphasized that enterprises aim to deconstruct and rebuild their operations around AI and agent technologies. He noted that the new data engineering and science agents mark a shift toward tackling more complex enterprise problems. Bradley Shimmin from Futurum Group highlighted the productivity gains these tools offer, pointing out that data scientists and engineers previously spent excessive time searching for data rather than building applications and workflows. Shimmin also stressed the importance of trust in AI models, noting that while AI agents are improving in understanding data and generating structured outputs, users must remain aware of the semistructured nature of business data and processes.Collaborations and Recent Developments
Google expanded its partnership with Wells Fargo to deploy AI agents across various departments, including corporate and investment banking and customer service. Additionally, Google recently made advancements in its Gemini AI platform:Esther Shittu is a news writer and podcast host covering AI software and systems for Informa TechTarget.
Source: Originally published at TechTarget on August 5, 2025.