David McLaughlin

Director, Global Developer Ecosystem, Google. Developer Relations Programs. Dev Communities and Accelerators.

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

We are listening closely to all your feedback. We know we have a lot of work left to do, but I am incredibly optimistic about what we are building together. Let's keep building. 🚀

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

I have been to every Google I/O since the beginning (even the first Developer Day!). Watching this event evolve is an incredible journey. The technology announced this week is powerful, but the best part is always the community. 👇

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Here is some of what this community drove this week:
- 210+ startup alumni gathered for our first full-day global summit.
- 300+ community leads connected for deep technical engagement.
- This Saturday: GDEs are testing Gemma 4 & Gemini 3 in race cars at 100 mph.

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

A huge thank you to the 600+ GDEs, GDG leads, and startup alumni who joined us. Many traveled globally to be here.

I also want to shout out the Dev Ecosystem team who worked tirelessly in the sun and heat to make this happen!

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Great summary list -- lots of good stuff released today.

[Omar Sanseviero @osanseviero]

Everything AI released at Google I/O 2026

- Gemini Omni Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash (and in GA)
- Antigravity 2.0
- Managed Agents in the Gemini API
- AI Studio app in pre-order
- New SynthID partnerships
- AI Studio: native Android support, Workspace Integrations, and export to AGY
- Antigravity SDK and CLI
- Gemini Spark
- New Google AI Ultra subscription

And stay tuned, so much more to come!

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Check out the new Antigravity app and CLI! Especially cool with 3.5 flash.

[Google Antigravity @antigravity]

Introducing Antigravity 2.0, a new standalone desktop application that delivers fully on that original glimpse of a truly agent-optimized experience.

Rebuilt from the ground up with multi-agent teams, scheduled tasks, native voice and one-click integration with other Google products.

Learn how to get started with Antigravity 2.0 👇

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Nice Antigravity updates today at I/O.

[Jack Wotherspoon @JackWoth98]

We are unifying our agentic surfaces to @antigravity 🚀

🔹 Antigravity 2.0 (desktop app)
🔹 Antigravity CLI
🔹 Antigravity SDK
🔹 Antigravity IDE

One harness, wherever you need it.

Read all the exciting news from I/O below 👇

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Thrilled to launch 3.5 flash! Speed and latency make such a huge difference in development.

[Patrick Loeber @patloeber]

Gemini 3.5 Flash is here, available in GA!🔥

- frontier performance for agents and coding
- excels at complex long-horizon tasks
- outperforms 3.1 Pro on challenging benchmarks
- all at exceptional speed

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

@tripathiuttam @googledevs Should be another one for the books!

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

@patloeber Let’s go! Crunch time.

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

I 100% identify with: "Now, writing Go is as easy as writing any other language, so I’m preferentially picking Go for new projects. Why not? I can get high performance, native concurrency, and high readability with no additional friction for me." That applies to all areas!

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Check out Aja's perspective on the future of DevRel. Two things stand out: 1. personalized learning 2. Broader scope and impact for every builder, easily.

[Aja Hammerly @the_thagomizer]

I've been thinking a lot about how GenAI is reshaping work and education and therefore reshaping DevRel. I gathered some thoughts on top trends and how we should respond to them. And yes, personalized learning is in there.

Read it here: https://t.co/YOqoVtSfpJ

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Great Gemma hackathon today in Seoul! My Korean is ... not great ... so I sat in the back and hacked on a bunch of personal projects. So much fun! AI makes building so much fun.

[Patrick Loeber @patloeber]

cozy sunday hacking today in Seoul :) build, pizza, repeat🍕

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Congrats to the amazing group of organizers and I hope all of the devs and builders got some great hands-on-keyboard time! We still have a ton of Build with AI events left -- find one near you: https://t.co/FJnLGVeS9D

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Hello, Build with AI Seoul! I had the pleasure today of keynoting the developer track, talking about the AI-infused product development lifecycle, at the largest Build with AI Seoul yet -- 400 people, multiple tracks and workshops, all community-driven.

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Check out @the_thagomizer's Ursa Weaver project: a great example of both how quick it is to prototype/build to test ideas, and a proof of concept for the future of learning -- and DevRel.

https://t.co/WPDSO2QMnB

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

I'm also so proud of our team's representation: in attendance were multiple Korean AI GDEs as well as the three winners of our local AI hackathon. What an honor!

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

This marks the 10th anniversary of the world-changing match between AlphaGo and one of the world's top Go masters. I was so excited to join Google for Korea with DeepMind today as Demis revisited this match with Lee Sedol. What a turning point in AI and for the world!

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

Pretty cool huh!! See more:

https://t.co/sfyhlVEEQn

[David McLaughlin @dsmcl]

NEW! Cloud Run instances. Want to spin up a long-running OpenClaw instance?

gcloud run instances create \
--image alpine/openclaw:latest \
--port 18789 \
--memory 4Gi \
--default-url \
--add-volume mount-path=/home/node/.openclaw,type=cloud-storage,bucket=$BUCKET_NAME