Google is reportedly testing the next generation “Remy” AI agent

Right now, the question isn’t whether AI agents can help get our work done on our behalf — it’s just that How much We are able to work with them. As systems reach higher and higher levels of capabilities, we’re already seeing the goalposts being moved, and just the other day we heard that Google is shifting development resources away from the browser-based Project Mariner and onto more OpenClause-like systems. Now another report sheds a little more light on how such efforts are shaping up.

Google is internally testing a new agentic AI system called “Remi”, according to a report business insider. It is unclear whether this is the same project that the Project Mariner developers worked on, but it has been described as being very similar to OpenClaw in its operation.

The tool is believed to be “deeply integrated throughout Google” and claims to be able to “monitor the things that matter to you, proactively handle complex tasks, and learn about your preferences over time.” Or as the elevator pitch says: “Remi is your 24/7 personal agent for work, school, and daily life, powered by Gemini.”

Believed to be a Google employee dog food Right now, Remy is taking it at his own pace. However, the sources who shared this information have not made it clear whether it is intended to remain as an internal tool to help maximize employee productivity, or whether it may eventually see the light of day with a public release. Those “work” and “school” references definitely make us think it’s the latter.

Gemini already offers a lot of agentic functionality to complete tasks on your behalf, but many of the solutions we’ve seen so far are focused on specific apps or use cases. Even without a full understanding of the scope of Remi’s capabilities, the details available certainly give the sense that it’s more broadly useful — which may be just what Google needs to remain relevant in this increasingly competitive corner of AI development.

With Remi still in internal testing, it’s probably too early to think about anything like a launch, even with Google I/O on our calendars later this month, but we wouldn’t be surprised to at least hear Google talk about its future plans for the tool at the conference.