Atlassian, a leading provider of collaboration and productivity software for teams, has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud aimed at accelerating cloud transformation and delivering advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its global customers.
The agreement entails key Atlassian applications such as Jira, Confluence, and Loom running on Google Cloud’s optimized AI infrastructure, while integrating deeply with Google Workspace and the Gemini models. This will enable the creation of intelligent agents that enhance productivity, foster collaboration, and drive innovation.
Additionally, for the first time, Atlassian applications will be available in the Google Cloud Marketplace, allowing organizations to purchase subscriptions using credits already assigned to Google Cloud.
This partnership strengthens Atlassian’s multicloud strategy, offering customers the option to deploy solutions on Google Cloud and benefit from increased security, resilience, and scalability through services like Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Spanner.
Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO and co-founder of Atlassian, emphasized:
“By combining our leading team collaboration platform and our AI offering Rovo with Google’s AI and infrastructure, we give customers the ability to build the next generation of intelligent agents with capabilities like complex reasoning, deep thinking, and multimodal inputs.”
Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, highlighted their long-term commitment to shared customers, providing access to the power of Gemini models and integration with Google Workspace.
Atlassian’s AI tool, Rovo, already used by 2.3 million monthly active users, will benefit from deeper integration with Vertex AI and Gemini models. This will allow teams to:
- Unify project updates, requirements, release schedules, code reviews, and documentation between Google Workspace and Atlassian.
- Leverage information from Jira, Confluence, Google Docs, and Gmail to generate content like release notes or marketing materials.
- Execute multimodal workflows involving voice, text, and images.
Furthermore, Rovo will support Agent2Agent (A2A) interoperability, enabling agents across different platforms to collaborate.
Joint customers will be able to:
- Access relevant information instantly by integrating Gmail, Calendar, and Docs with the Atlassian suite.
- Drive productivity by querying Confluence and executing actions in Jira via Gemini.
- Accelerate project delivery by creating and updating Jira or Confluence tasks directly from Gmail, Chat, and Docs.
This alliance places Atlassian and Google Cloud in direct competition with major players like Microsoft (Copilot + Teams) and Slack (Salesforce + Einstein AI), but with a distinctive approach:
- Genuine multicloud integration, allowing clients to choose their infrastructure.
- Combining 20 years of teamwork data with cutting-edge AI models.
- Distribution through the Google Cloud Marketplace to simplify enterprise adoption.
Both companies aim to embed AI agents at the core of collaborative work, enabling agents not only to respond but also to act collaboratively across multiple systems in real time. With increasing interest in solutions that combine AI, productivity, and multicloud environments, this partnership could serve as a benchmark for organizations seeking to accelerate innovation while maintaining governance and security.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is the AI agent approach proposed by Atlassian and Google Cloud?
It’s an approach where AI agents analyze information but also act autonomously across different systems to execute tasks and coordinate workflows.How does this differ from Microsoft Copilot or Slack with Einstein AI?
Atlassian and Google Cloud focus on a true multicloud environment, deep integrations with Workspace, the Gemini models, and leveraging extensive teamwork data.What benefits does this bring to companies?
Increased productivity, reduced manual work, data unification across systems, and a smoother, more secure working experience.Will this be available globally from the start?
Yes, Atlassian and Google Cloud have confirmed that both the integrations and the marketplace availability will be available worldwide upon launch.
via: Atlassian