Oracle and Google expand partnership to enhance AI database capabilities

Oracle and Google Cloud have deepened their partnership, and the headline feature is something database administrators have wanted for a long time: a way for regular humans to ask questions of enterprise data without writing a single line of SQL. The announcement came on April 22, 2026, at Google Cloud Next 2026, and it centers on the Oracle AI Database Agent for Gemini Enterprise. What actually changed The new agent plugs Google’s Gemini models directly into Oracle databases, letting users query complex enterprise data through plain language prompts. Oracle is also expanding the availability of its Exadata and Autonomous Database services on Google Cloud infrastructure, broadening the surface area of what joint customers can access without leaving the Google Cloud environment. The overarching product, Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud, runs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure database services directly inside Google Cloud data centers. That’s the key architectural point: enterprises are not routing data back and forth between two clouds. The compute lives where the data lives. How we got here This announcement did not come out of nowhere. Oracle and Google formed the underlying multicloud p...