This is the third post in my Google Cloud Next '26 (Las Vegas) recap series.

You can find the previous posts here 👇

Part 1: [Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #1] Hands-On with the Agentic Hack Zone

Part 2: [Google Cloud Next '26 Recap #2] Three Unique Booths I Tried at the EXPO

In Parts 1 and 2, I covered my experiences on the EXPO floor. This time, I'd like to switch gears and share one of the sessions I attended at Next '26 — specifically, an especially memorable session by Anthropic .

Session Overview

The session I attended was in the Spotlights category.

Title : After software: Anthropic's vision for the next era of enterprise AI

Speaker : Eric Burns (Anthropic)

Session ID : SPTL021

What is a "Spotlight" session?

According to Next's session type definitions, Spotlights are described as follows:

Take part in these dedicated keynote-style sessions featuring live demos, new tech, and customer success stories, delivered by Google leaders and partners.

In other words, Spotlights are positioned as…