Google Cloud · AI developer tools
By Oliver Machwirth, Founder and CEO, Digigen · 11 September 2026 · 6 minute read
TL;DR
On 21 August 2026, Google Cloud made Google Antigravity, its agentic coding platform, available inside eligible Gemini Enterprise Standard, Plus and Standard Emerging Market subscriptions. It arrives with admin spend controls, pooled token quotas, central audit logging and new IDE extensions for VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains and Zed. For businesses in Thailand and Singapore already paying for Gemini Enterprise, this is a developer productivity tool you may already own and have not switched on yet.
Google Antigravity is Google's agentic development platform. Rather than autocompleting single lines of code, it runs AI agents that can plan, write, test and iterate on software tasks end to end. It is powered by Gemini models from Google DeepMind and is available as a desktop app (Antigravity 2.0), a command line interface (Antigravity CLI) and, as of August 2026, as extensions inside the IDEs developers already use.
Google first announced Antigravity as part of the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform at I/O in May 2026. The August update is the enterprise rollout: it moves Antigravity from a standalone developer tool into a governed, centrally billed component of Gemini Enterprise.
Eligible Gemini Enterprise Standard, Plus and Standard Emerging Market licences now include AI developer tools. An administrator enables Antigravity and Gemini in Android Studio for licensed users from the admin console. No separate add-on licence, invoice or billing console.
For Thailand, the Standard Emerging Market licence is the relevant detail. It is the tier most Thai organisations are eligible for, and it is in scope from day one.
The pooled model removes the classic problem of prepaying for seats that individual users never fully consume.
For regulated sectors in Singapore (MAS TRM, PDPA) and Thailand (PDPA, BOT guidelines), this is the difference between a tool IT can approve and one that stays blocked.
New IDE extensions bring Antigravity into Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio (preview), JetBrains (preview) and Zed (preview), alongside the Antigravity 2.0 desktop app and the CLI.
Identity runs through Workforce Identity Federation and Application Default Credentials, so developers sign in with corporate identity and admins enforce it without extra setup.
Until now, most companies evaluated AI coding agents as a separate procurement: a new vendor, a new security review, a new line item. Google has collapsed that into an existing subscription. If your organisation already runs Gemini Enterprise for Workspace users, the question is no longer "should we buy an AI coding tool" but "should we enable the one we already have."
That reframing is also why GitHub Copilot and standalone tools like Cursor and Claude Code now face a different competitive question in Google Workspace shops. The comparison is no longer feature for feature. It is bundled and governed versus separately licensed. We cover the broader platform decision in our Gemini vs Copilot comparison.
In our conversations with IT leaders across Bangkok and Singapore, the objection to agentic coding tools has rarely been capability. It has been control: where does the code go, who sees the prompts, what happens when an agent reaches into a browser or an internal API, and how do we stop a runaway bill. Google's answer addresses each of those directly, from the same admin console the Workspace team already uses.
Google quoted AirAsia Next, Accenture, CGI, Cognizant, Datamatics, Deloitte and Wipro. AirAsia's CTO described rolling Antigravity 2.0 out beyond engineering to finance, marketing, legal and HR. That is a Southeast Asian enterprise treating agentic tooling as a workforce capability, not a developer perk. Regional SIs like CGI and Cognizant positioning it inside their delivery centres signals where outsourced software delivery in APAC is heading.
If you already have Gemini Enterprise Standard, Plus or Standard Emerging Market: your admin can enable AI developer tools today. Start with a pilot group, set a monthly project spend cap, and turn on audit logging before the first developer signs in.
If you are on Gemini Business or Workspace with Gemini add-ons: Antigravity is not included at those tiers. The upgrade path to Gemini Enterprise is worth modelling if you have more than a handful of developers, because the bundled developer tools change the per seat value. See our Google Workspace and Gemini for Singapore and Thailand pages for current licence options.
If you are a Microsoft 365 shop: this does not change your Copilot roadmap, but it does raise the bar for what "included in the subscription" means. If your developers are already asking for Cursor or Claude Code licences, compare the governed options on both platforms before signing a third contract.
Digigen is a Google Cloud Partner and Microsoft Solutions Partner serving Thailand through Growth Goats Co., Ltd. and Singapore through Digigen Pte Ltd. We provision Gemini Enterprise with local THB and SGD billing, configure the admin console, and run enablement sessions so teams actually use what they are paying for. We advise on the Gemini versus Copilot decision without a preferred answer, because we resell both.
Want to know whether your current licence qualifies, or what the pooled quota model would cost for your headcount?
Talk to Digigen about Gemini EnterpriseGoogle Antigravity is Google's agentic coding platform. It uses Gemini models to run AI agents that plan, write, test and refine software tasks. It is available as the Antigravity 2.0 desktop app, the Antigravity CLI and IDE extensions.
Yes. Since 21 August 2026, Antigravity is included in eligible Gemini Enterprise Standard, Plus and Standard Emerging Market subscriptions. An administrator enables it from the Gemini Enterprise admin console.
Visual Studio Code has a generally available extension. Visual Studio, JetBrains and Zed extensions are in preview. Antigravity also runs as a desktop app and a CLI.
Usage draws from a pooled token quota shared across the organisation. Administrators set monthly spend caps and can opt in to overages at standard consumption rates once the pool is used.
Agent activity runs under Google Cloud's Terms of Service, which keep your data inside your cloud boundary. Central audit logging captures prompts and responses for your own compliance records.
Yes. The Standard Emerging Market licence, which covers Thailand, is eligible. Singapore organisations on Gemini Enterprise Standard or Plus are also eligible. Digigen provisions both with local billing.
No. At launch it is limited to Gemini Enterprise Standard, Plus and Standard Emerging Market licences. Google has said broader support is coming.
Source: Google Cloud Blog, Expanding Google Antigravity for enterprise customers, 21 August 2026. Product details and eligibility are subject to change; confirm current terms in the Google Cloud documentation before purchasing.