A critical look at the gap between keynote promises and production reality — and how to bridge it I watched both Google Cloud Next '26 keynotes back-to-back — the CEO's vision of the "agentic enterprise" and the developer team's deep-dive into multi-agent orchestration, durable memory, and zero-trust security. And I noticed something most coverage is missing: there's a massive gap between what Thomas Kurian promises on stage and what Casey West and Megan O'Keefe actually demo. This isn't criticism — it's the most honest signal of where the platform actually is. Let me show you what both keynotes really said, what they didn't say, and how to build something production-ready today. The Opening Keynote: Business Vision vs. Technical Reality Thomas Kurian opened with a bold claim: Google Cloud has entered the "agentic era" where AI doesn't just suggest — it acts .…