GitLab is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud by allowing enterprise teams to utilize Vertex AI models, including Gemini, within the GitLab Duo Agent Platform. This enhancement integrates agent-based DevSecOps into Google Cloud, leveraging GitLab’s built-in compliance and audit controls, which govern agent actions similarly to those of human developers. The Vertex AI model ecosystem provides access to Google Cloud’s Model Garden, facilitating the use of standardized foundation models in enterprise settings.

Gemini: Gemini is Google DeepMind’s multimodal AI model family designed for reasoning, coding, and agentic applications, with recent expansions into robotics and ecosystem tools. It powers advanced tasks through Vertex AI on Google Cloud. In this integration, Gemini models become accessible within GitLab Duo Agent Platform, enhancing AI-driven software building with contextual awareness.
GitLab: GitLab is a comprehensive DevSecOps platform that unifies software development, security, and operations, enabling teams to collaborate around code with AI features like the Duo Agent Platform and recent beta launch of Duo CLI for local workflows. It has been recognized as a leader in AI-assisted software development tools for its full SDLC coverage and strategy. In this partnership expansion, GitLab integrates Vertex AI models natively into Duo Agent Platform, bringing agentic capabilities to Google Cloud customers with built-in compliance and audit controls.
Vertex AI: Vertex AI is Google Cloud’s managed platform for developing, deploying, and scaling generative AI models and applications, featuring enterprise controls and access to Model Garden foundation models. Recent advancements support agent integrations and infrastructure management for ML workloads. It enables GitLab Duo Agent Platform agents to natively call its models, including Gemini, for secure DevSecOps workflows.
Google Cloud: Google Cloud is Alphabet’s cloud platform offering scalable infrastructure, data services, and AI solutions for enterprise workloads. It provides Vertex AI as a key service for AI model deployment and management. The expanded collaboration allows Google Cloud customers to access Vertex AI models directly within GitLab Duo Agent Platform, with usage optionally counting toward existing commitments.

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