This is a submission for the Google I/O Writing Challenge
I haven't watched a tech keynote in a really long time. They usually feel like 2 hours of "the future is here!" slides with product demos that never work on stage.
But Google I/O 2026 actually got me. Watched the whole thing and came away genuinely excited and slightly stressed about how fast things are moving.
They Built a Full OS in 12 Hours
Google's team built a full blown OS using Gemini agents. 93 sub-agents, 15K model requests, 2.6 billion tokens, all under $1,000 in credits. Twelve hours total.
