Oracle Brings Google’s Gemini Models to OCI

Google Cloud and Oracle have just expanded their partnership to let Oracle customers access Google’s most advanced AI models — starting with Gemini 2.5 — through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) Generative AI service. This means companies that already run critical workloads in Oracle’s cloud can now plug Google’s powerful Gemini models into their applications and business processes, without having to move data or rebuild systems.

The two cloud giants announced an expanded collaboration that makes Google’s Gemini family of models available to OCI customers via integrations with Google’s Vertex AI. The initial rollout begins with Gemini 2.5 and will broaden over time to include more capabilities and tighter integrations — including an option to use Gemini models inside Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications for workflows in finance, HR, supply chain and other enterprise areas.

 

 

Think of Oracle Cloud as the place many big businesses keep their data and run systems like payroll, procurement and finance. Google’s Gemini models are advanced “brains” that can understand and generate text, images, audio and more. By connecting the brains (Gemini) to the place where business data and apps live (OCI), companies can build smart agents that automate tasks, surface insights, draft documents, and help employees work faster — without complex plumbing between different clouds.

Google Gemini Models

Gemini is Google’s family of large multimodal AI models designed to handle text, code, images, video and audio. Gemini 2.5 — the model named in this announcement — is part of the latest generation, optimized for reasoning, multimodal understanding, and agentic uses (i.e., building AI assistants and automated agents). Enterprises use Gemini for tasks like advanced coding help, summarizing documents, creating media, extracting insights from data, and powering conversational assistants.

• https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models

 

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracle’s cloud platform for running enterprise applications, databases, and business workloads. OCI provides compute, storage, networking, and managed application services (like Fusion Cloud for ERP/HCM) and has been expanding its AI capabilities through a Generative AI service that lets customers run and consume models. Adding third-party models like Gemini widens OCI’s model marketplace and gives customers choice.

What is Vertex AI?

Vertex AI is Google Cloud’s managed platform for training, deploying, and serving machine learning models. It provides tools for model development, hosting, scaling, and operational monitoring. In this partnership, Vertex AI acts as the source of the Gemini models and the integration point that lets OCI surface those models to Oracle customers securely and at scale.

Advantages of the partnership

• Choice and flexibility: Oracle customers get access to Google’s top models (beginning with Gemini 2.5) in addition to other model providers, letting businesses pick the best model for a given task.
• Simpler integration: Businesses can use Gemini-powered capabilities inside OCI services and, in future, directly within Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications — reducing integration complexity and accelerating real-world deployments.
• Enterprise governance and billing: Customers can consume these models through OCI’s Generative AI service and Oracle’s billing/credit mechanisms, keeping governance, security, and cost controls in one place.
• Faster AI agent adoption: Gemini’s agentic abilities combined with Oracle’s enterprise apps make it easier to build AI assistants for finance, HR, supply chain, customer support and developer productivity.
• Strategic reach for both vendors: For Google it increases enterprise exposure for Gemini; for Oracle it strengthens OCI’s AI catalog and competitive positioning against other cloud providers.

 

Top FAQs

Q: Which Gemini model is available first on OCI?

A: The initial offering begins with Gemini 2.5.

Q: Where do the Gemini models run?

A: The models are provided via Vertex AI (Google Cloud) and are accessed through OCI’s Generative AI service — the models themselves are hosted on Google infrastructure while being made available to Oracle customers.

Q: Will Gemini be available inside Oracle’s business apps?

A: Google and Oracle said they will collaborate to make Gemini models available as an option within Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications to help enhance workflows in finance, HR, supply chain, etc.

Q: How does this affect data security and compliance?

A: Customers should review Oracle’s and Google’s documentation on data handling, residency, and security for the integration. Oracle has positioned this as an enterprise-grade option, but specifics depend on configuration and contractual terms.

Q: Do I need to switch clouds to use Gemini?

A: No — the point of the partnership is to let OCI customers access Gemini through Oracle’s cloud services without migrating workloads off OCI.