Google Tests AI Agent 'Remy' to Rival OpenAI's OpenClaw

Google's Latest Agent Bet

Alphabet is building a new AI personal agent internally codenamed 'Remy' that runs inside a staff-only version of the Gemini app. The tool is currently being tested by Google employees and represents the company's latest push into autonomous AI agents that can act on a user's behalf across its sprawling ecosystem of services, from Gmail and Calendar to Search and Docs.

What Remy Promises

According to internal descriptions, Remy is positioned as 'your 24/7 personal agent for work, school, and daily life' that 'elevates the Gemini app into a true assistant that can take actions on your behalf'. Unlike a traditional chatbot that simply responds to prompts, Remy is designed to be deeply integrated across Google's services. It can monitor for things that matter to a user, handle complex tasks proactively, and learn user preferences over time, behaving more like a digital chief of staff than a question-and-answer tool.

The agent is reportedly Google's direct competitor to OpenClaw, the autonomous agent product from OpenAI that has rapidly become a benchmark in the agentic AI race. No public launch timeline has been disclosed, and Remy remains restricted to internal staff testing for now.

A Pattern of Internal Agent Projects

Remy is the latest in a growing string of internal AI agent projects at Google. Earlier this year, employees were reportedly using an autonomous coding tool called 'Agent Smith', which became so popular internally that access had to be restricted to manage demand. Google cofounder Sergey Brin recently told employees at a town hall that agents would be 'a big focus' for the company.

Google has also been ramping up its public-facing agent capabilities, launching the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform at Google Cloud Next '26 and offering an experimental Gemini Agent feature that can browse the web, conduct research, and interact with apps like Gmail and Calendar on behalf of users.

The Broader Race

Remy's development underscores the intensifying competition among major AI companies to build autonomous agents that go beyond chatbot interactions. CEO Sundar Pichai recently noted that 75% of Google's new code is AI-generated, and the company has signalled that ads could eventually come to the Gemini app as it scales, hinting at a long-term commercial vision for the platform that Remy may one day inhabit.