What is Google Cloud Next 2027?

Google Cloud Next is Google's flagship cloud conference, anchored at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas each spring. The 2025 edition drew 30,000+ attendees across Mandalay Bay main floor plus 100+ side events organized by Vertex AI ecosystem partners, BigQuery operators, and GKE platform-engineering teams. Google Cloud Next 2027 runs April 13 to 15, 2027 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas (confirmed on the official Google Cloud events FAQ). The room is the highest-density gathering of AI/ML platform founders, GenAI infrastructure teams, Vertex AI buyers, and cloud-native B2B SaaS founders building on GCP in the world.

Why hire FORKOFF for Google Cloud Next activations?

Most teams pay for a Mandalay Bay booth and hope the right Vertex AI buyer walks past. The FORKOFF activation is a 14-day operating cycle: pre-event narrative + 30-account AI/ML platform intro engineering, on-site cadence + Tour de Cloud Next dinner + KOL placement, post-event clip cascade + qualified-pipeline record. Same operator, same dashboard, audit-tracked outcomes. Specifically tuned for AI/ML platform founders, GenAI infrastructure teams, and cloud-native B2B SaaS founders shipping into the Vertex AI, BigQuery, and GKE buyer cluster.

How much does a Cloud Next activation cost?

Three tiers: Lite tier (single-track pre-event AI/ML platform narrative or on-site Vegas dinner or side-event slot), Standard tier (recommended, full week-of presence), Full tier (sponsor-grade with side events + Innovators Hive adjacency + AI/ML platform roundtable production). All tiers carry the verified record + qualified-pipeline reporting. Reference point: a Mandalay Bay booth fee runs at standard sponsor rates plus AV and staff costs.

Do you produce side events at Google Cloud Next?

Yes. Standard + Full tiers include FORKOFF-produced side events at Strip-side venues (Tour de Cloud Next dinner, AI/ML platform roundtable, GenAI infrastructure panel, founder talk format). We handle venue, invite list, KOL outreach, and on-site recording. Side events are the highest-leverage on-site moment. 30 right Vertex AI buyers in one Strip-side room beats 30,000 random attendees at Mandalay Bay main hall.

How does FORKOFF work with the Google Cloud ecosystem and Vertex AI partners?

Our Full tier includes a Vertex AI ecosystem adjacency layer for AI/ML platform partner announcements and GCP Marketplace listing-day pipeline. We coordinate with the founder's Google Cloud Partner rep before any pre-event narrative goes live, route 30-account intros across AI engineers and GenAI infrastructure teams who buy on GCP, and structure side events so Google Cloud ecosystem partners can participate in pipeline-acceleration conversations. Critical for AI/ML platform founders who treat Cloud Next as the budget-anchor week for Vertex AI partnership decisions.

How does the post-event clip cadence work?

Every podcast recorded on-site feeds the clipping pipeline at clips.forkoff.xyz. One 60-minute recording produces 8-12 cross-platform clips (X / TikTok / Reels / Shorts), distributed over the 30 days following Cloud Next. Each clip is tracked in the qualified-view record and reported in the T+30 audit close. The post-event cadence is what compounds the week's investment. For Cloud Next specifically, the AI/ML Twitter cluster (Vertex AI partners + BigQuery operators + GenAI infrastructure analysts) keeps the residual attention curve elevated.

Can FORKOFF run activations at events outside Google Cloud Next?

Yes. Google Cloud Next is one of 12 plus events on the FORKOFF event roster. AWS re:Invent, Microsoft Ignite, RSA Conference, DEF CON, SaaStr Annual, NeurIPS, Dreamforce, HubSpot Inbound. Each event has its own activation page with cadence + tier pricing tuned to the event format and ICP. AI/ML platform, GenAI infrastructure, and B2B SaaS ICPs map cleanly across events; see /for/saas-companies and /for/ai-startups for ICP-side detail.

Event activation · Google Cloud Next 2027 · Las Vegas · AI/ML platform + GenAI infrastructure + cloud-native B2B SaaS▸ Event in--d·--h·--m·--s

The Google Cloud Next activation that shipsqualified pipeline.

FORKOFF Google Cloud Next activation is a 14-day operating cycle for AI/ML platform founders, GenAI infrastructure teams, and cloud-native B2B SaaS founders shipping into the Vertex AI, BigQuery, and GKE buyer cluster in Las Vegas. Pre-event narrative, on-site cadence at Mandalay Bay, post-event compounding, audit-tracked outcomes.

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See proof

Apr 13-15, 2027Next dates

Las Vegas, NVCity

30,000+Attendance (2025)

100+ across StripSide events

▸ The wedge

Most teams pay by application for a Mandalay Bay booth and an Innovators Hive slot. Some host a Strip-side dinner and bounce. FORKOFF runs the Cloud Next week as a 14-day operating cycle.

Google Cloud Next circuit · 2027

AI/ML platform founders, GenAI infrastructure teams, and Google Cloud ecosystem operators on the FORKOFF Cloud Next radar.

Google CloudVertex AIBigQueryGKEAnthosGeminiCloud RunSnowflakeDatabricksMongoDBConfluentHashiCorpDatadogStripeCloudflareGitLabPagerDutyPineconeLangChainWeaviateGoogle CloudVertex AIBigQueryGKEAnthosGeminiCloud RunSnowflakeDatabricksMongoDBConfluentHashiCorpDatadogStripeCloudflareGitLabPagerDutyPineconeLangChainWeaviate

Anonymized post-engagement. Names surfaced are Google Cloud Next 2025 ecosystem operators FORKOFF either ran intros into or co-attended Innovators Hive sessions with.

19Flagship event weeks in 2026

4 layersPre-event, on-site, post-event, distribution

$5K-$10KPer-event activation deployment

WeeklyAudit ledger cadence

Why activate at Google Cloud Next

Four reasons Cloud Next is the highest-leverage
AI/ML platform week of the year.

The Google Cloud ecosystem compounds in ways no other cloud-conference week does. 30k attendees plus Innovators Hive density plus AI/ML platform concentration inside one 3-day Vegas window.

30,000+

AI/ML platform founders + GenAI infrastructure teams concentrated across Mandalay Bay plus the Innovators Hive plus the Strip side-event web.

3 days

Vertex AI buyers, BigQuery operators, and GKE platform-engineering teams all in-market across the same 72-hour window.

100+

Side events make Google Cloud ecosystem operators reachable in 30-person rooms.

30 days

AI/ML Twitter and Cloud Next press cluster compound on residual.

Cloud Next intel · the Vegas room you are activating into

What Google Cloud Next 2027 actually looks like.

The week breaks into a Mandalay Bay main-stage cluster, an Innovators Hive circuit, and a Strip side-event web running parallel. Activating well means picking the right stripe of the week.

Date + venue

Apr 13-15, 2027

Main stage at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center (Bayside ABCD + Lagoon halls). Thomas Kurian keynote at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Innovators Hive at the Mandalay Bay South Convention Center. Tour de Cloud Next dinners across The Strip.

Expected attendance

30,000+ in 2025: 38% AI/ML platform + GenAI infrastructure teams, 26% cloud-native B2B SaaS founders + product leaders on GCP, 22% Vertex AI / BigQuery / GKE buyers + enterprise IT, 14% press + analysts + KOLs.

AI/ML platform + GenAI infrastructure38%

Cloud-native B2B SaaS on GCP26%

Vertex AI / BigQuery / GKE buyers22%

Press + analysts + KOLs14%

Key tracks

Where the buyer-relevant rooms live. Pick 2 max for any single activation week.

Vertex AIBigQueryGKE + AnthosCloud SecurityGenAI + GeminiData + Analytics

FORKOFF receipts at Cloud Next

Two prior cycles run on the FORKOFF audit ledger. AI/ML platform pre-launch, GenAI infrastructure narrative. Both ledger entries delivered within T+30 of close.

2 prior activationsT+30 ledger closeVertex AI-aware comms

Operating week

From a Mandalay Bay booth and a stack of swag
to compounded AI/ML platform pipeline.

Three days across the Mandalay Bay main floor, the Innovators Hive circuit, and the Vegas Strip side-event web. Pre-event narrative, daily on-site cadence, post-event clip cascade. One operator carries every phase. Every phase closes with a verified entry.

Visual ledger

Three days of operating cadence across Mandalay Bay, the Innovators Hive, and the Strip side-event web.

Event-week cadence

Google Cloud Next 2027 week-of cadence (recommended).

Sample schedule for a Standard-tier engagement. Tier-specific deliverables shown in the next section.

Day	Date	Motion	FORKOFF owns
Mon (D-1)	Apr 12, 2027	Land in Vegas · pre-event Tour de Cloud Next Strip-side dinner setup	Venue + invite list + intro choreography
Tue	Apr 13	Opening day attendance · founder posts from Mandalay Bay main floor	Daily post + on-site clip cadence
Wed	Apr 14	ICP-account 1:1 meetings · Innovators Hive attendance	Meeting calendar + Vertex AI intro routing
Thu	Apr 15	FORKOFF side event (AI/ML platform roundtable / panel / dinner)	Production + KOL invites + recording
Fri	Apr 16	On-site podcast recording day · 3-4 founder + AI platform partner interviews	Studio + production + same-week clip pipeline
Sat	Apr 17	KOL placements live · partnership-conversation closes	KOL proof + per-post tracking
Sun	Apr 18	Founder thread recap of week · AI/ML Twitter cluster reciprocation	Thread craft + cluster activation
Mon (D+6)	Apr 19	Departure · post-event clip cascade live	Distribution sequencing + weekly verified proof

Outcomes from Cloud Next lanes

Real outcomes from
real AI/ML platform activations.

3x

Vertex AI buyer pipeline from Innovators Hive positioning and on-site AI/ML roundtable conversion.

2 days

First clips live 48 hours into Cloud Next. Post-event cadence targets the GCP developer community for 45 days.

3

Vegas venues activated for side-event recordings. Full Vertex, Gemini, and GCP partner cluster coverage.

OWNED

Every recording, clip, and Vertex-buyer intro list stays with the founder at engagement end.

Fit map · Cloud Next activation ICP

For founders. Run a Cloud Next activation that compounds
without paying by application for a Mandalay Bay booth fee.

Who you are

›Series A-D AI/ML platform SaaS founder selling into AI engineers, GenAI infrastructure teams, and platform-engineering buyers on GCP
›GenAI infrastructure founder shipping vector DBs, model serving, RAG platforms, agent frameworks, or evals tooling that integrates with Vertex AI
›Cloud-native B2B SaaS founder building on GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery, GKE, Anthos) needing pipeline acceleration through Cloud Next
›Founder open to spending the operating week in Las Vegas (not parachuting in for one Thomas Kurian keynote)

What FORKOFF delivers

›14-day pre-event narrative engineering across 30 ICP accounts (AI/ML platform founders + GenAI infrastructure teams + Vertex AI buyers + BigQuery operators)
›Daily on-site cadence Wed-Fri of Cloud Next week + Tour de Cloud Next Strip-side dinner + AI/ML platform roundtable production
›AI/ML Twitter + Vertex AI ecosystem + Cloud Next analyst KOL stack activated through bot-screened placements with per-post tracking
›T+30 verified proof close with Google-Cloud-ecosystem-sourced pipeline report tied back to every qualified-view check

Not the right fit

×Pure AWS-only SaaS without GCP overlap. Cloud Next activation needs a Google Cloud product to anchor on
×Brands that just want a by application booth + logo on a Mandalay Bay banner
×Anyone expecting one Thomas Kurian keynote to convert without 14 days of pre-event narrative + 3 days on-site
×Teams unwilling to commit to a 90-day operating cycle (T-30 to T+30) around the event

Sandbox · 14 days · refund if no qualified-intro list

by application Cloud Next lite pilot. Refund if we do not deliver the qualified-intro list pre-Vegas.

14-day pre-event narrative + 30-account AI/ML platform ICP map + qualified-intro list shipped before you land in Vegas. If we do not deliver the intro list inside 14 days, the by application comes back.

Apply for the by application Cloud Next pilot

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Client receipts

What operators say after the engagement.

“

The qualification ledger changed how we report to the board. Real attention, verified weekly, not dashboard vanity.

Alex Morgan

Growth Lead, AI Infrastructure Startup

Brand

99.71%Sustained legitimacy rate

Featured engagements

LITE ACTIVATION · BY APPLICATION · 5 ENGAGEMENTS PER QUARTER

by application

Lite activation floor

by application Cloud Next Lite activation. Single-track pre-event AI/ML platform narrative or Strip-side dinner.

Two weeks of pre-event narrative + 30-account AI/ML platform cluster activation + Cloud Next-specific intro engineering. You leave with a verified record of qualified intros surfaced before you land in Vegas. Lite tier scopes a single track. Selective on ICP, capped per quarter.

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Single-track entry tierverified-proof reportingpairs with Standard or Full upgrade

Activation vs the alternatives

How a FORKOFF Google Cloud Next activation compares.

Receipt-by-receipt, on the same five dimensions every buyer asks about. No tier shell games, no asterisks.

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Feature	FORKOFF activationOutcome-priced	DIY booth + sponsorLogo on banner	Traditional PR firmPress retainer
Pricing model	Outcome-priced. Per-event commit. by application tier band.	Booth fee plus AV plus founder hours. Often by application plus before any sourced GCP lead.	Monthly retainer regardless of event outcome. monthly retainer, by application.
Pre-event narrative	30-day AI/ML platform cluster activation plus 30-account GenAI infrastructure intro engineering	Tweet announcing booth number a week before	Press release embargoed until Thomas Kurian keynote day
On-site cadence	Daily founder posts, Tour de Cloud Next dinner, Innovators Hive panel, KOL placements, podcast recordings	Founder behind a Mandalay Bay podium, hopes the right Vertex AI buyer walks past	Press wrangling around the keynote, no operating cadence on-site
Post-event compounding	30-day clip cascade plus qualified-pipeline record sourced from Google Cloud ecosystem	Folder of phone photos and a Slack debrief from a LAS flight home	Coverage clipping report, often disconnected from AI/ML platform pipeline
Qualified-view proof, audited	Signed by operator, qualified-pipeline math, T+30 close	Whatever the founder remembers from the Mandalay Bay main hall	Vanity coverage report, no pipeline math

Activation tiers

Google Cloud Next 2027 activation tiers.

All tiers carry the verified record + qualified-pipeline reporting. Tier scales scope, not philosophy.

3 tiersLite · Standard · Full

5/quarterEngagements per cycle

By applicationSelective on ICP

Lite

by application

Pre-event narrative lock + 14-day AI/ML platform cluster activation
Daily founder posts during Cloud Next week (drafted by FORKOFF, founder approves)
1 podcast recording on-site (founder interview)
6 clips post-event distributed across X / TikTok / Reels / Shorts
Weekly Slack-delivered weekly proof

Recommended

Standard

By application

Everything in Lite, plus:
1 FORKOFF-produced side event (Tour de Cloud Next Strip-side dinner / panel / AI/ML platform roundtable)
3-4 podcast recordings on-site (founder + AI platform partners + Vertex AI ecosystem guests)
12-18 clips post-event across all surfaces
Bot-screened KOL placement (1 placement matched to your ICP)
Intro engineering on 30 ICP accounts attending Cloud Next
Post-event qualified-pipeline record T+30 days

Full

By application

Everything in Standard, plus:
Multi-stop side-event tour (3 events across the week including Innovators Hive adjacency)
5+ podcast recordings on-site (founder + AI/ML platform partners + Vertex AI ecosystem + AI/ML Twitter voices)
24-36 clips post-event across all surfaces
3-5 bot-screened KOL placements (AI/ML Twitter + Vertex AI ecosystem + Cloud Next analysts + GenAI infrastructure)
Intro engineering on 60 ICP accounts (extended pre-event window)
AI/ML platform roundtable production for enterprise GenAI infrastructure buyers
Post-event qualified-pipeline record T+60 days
1 dedicated FORKOFF operator on-site for the full week

More events on the FORKOFF roster

Other activation weeks. Same operator. Same proof.

Microsoft Ignite 2026

Nov 2026 · San Francisco · Standard tier by application

AWS re:Invent 2026

Dec 2026 · Las Vegas · Standard tier by application

RSA Conference 2026

Apr 2026 · San Francisco · Standard tier by application

DEF CON 2026

Aug 2026 · Las Vegas · Standard tier by application

SaaStr AI Annual 2026

May 2026 · San Mateo · Standard tier by application

FAQ · 7 questions

Related FORKOFF surfaces

Where Cloud Next activations compound in your stack.

AI startups

Beyond Cloud Next week. AI-side ICP playbook for AI/ML platform founders and GenAI infrastructure teams.

SaaS companies

Beyond Cloud Next week. SaaS-side ICP playbook for cloud-native B2B founders building on GCP.

Founder funnel

Pre-event narrative + intro engineering across 30 ICP accounts attending Cloud Next.

Founder podcast

On-site podcast recording day during Cloud Next week. Studio + crew booked at Strip-side partner venue.

KOL marketing

Bot-screened AI/ML Twitter + Vertex AI ecosystem KOL placements during Cloud Next week.

Events roster

Browse the full 2026 events roster across Web3, AI/ML, and B2B SaaS.

As Featured In

Full press shelf

Proof, not promises

Our event operating record, in the open

FORKOFF has run activations across 42 events since 2023, per our own operating record, including Korea Blockchain Week, ETHDenver, and Token2049. That same operating muscle is what we bring to Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, where the room fills with cloud developers, Vertex AI buyers, and GenAI infrastructure teams across the spring conference days. We do not rent a booth and hope the right architect walks past. We build a pre-event narrative, run the on-site cadence, and report the qualified pipeline after the week closes. The curated side events we produce run between 100 and 250 attendees each, which is the size where a cloud developer actually remembers your founder the next morning. Forty-two events is enough repetition to know what compounds in a Las Vegas cloud week and what evaporates.

What a cloud developer room rewards

Cloud developers reward specifics over slogans. At Google Cloud Next, the buyers who matter are evaluating how real workloads settle onto Vertex AI, BigQuery, and GKE, so the founder who speaks to concrete architecture wins the follow-up meeting. Across 42 events since 2023 we have watched the same pattern hold: a small, well-chosen dinner beats a loud expo presence, and a founder who answers hard technical questions in a curated 100 to 250 person room converts faster than one behind a banner. That history is the evidence, not a projection. We map the accounts worth meeting before you land, then we make the introductions happen on the ground.

Where this connects across FORKOFF

Google Cloud Next sits inside a larger program. Our event management service page lays out how a single operator carries pre-event, on-site, and post-event work for every week we run. The events hub gathers the full 2026 roster in one place, grouped so a cloud founder can self-route by the room their buyer attends. If your calendar also touches Las Vegas in the winter, the AWS re:Invent activation runs the same operating cycle for the cloud and builder cluster. One record, one operator, one signed close per event.

Reviewed by the FORKOFF events team, the operators who run these activations on the ground.

The brand line

Stop sponsoring Cloud Next.
Run an activation.

Lite activation single-track, by application. Standard tier end-to-end, by application. Full tier sponsor-grade, by application with AI/ML platform roundtable production. verified proof on qualified pipeline across every tier.

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Pricing the qualified view

Day

Date

Motion

FORKOFF owns

Mon (D-1)

Apr 12, 2027

Land in Vegas · pre-event Tour de Cloud Next Strip-side dinner setup

Venue + invite list + intro choreography

Tue

Apr 13

Opening day attendance · founder posts from Mandalay Bay main floor

Daily post + on-site clip cadence

Wed

Apr 14

ICP-account 1:1 meetings · Innovators Hive attendance

Meeting calendar + Vertex AI intro routing

Thu

Apr 15

FORKOFF side event (AI/ML platform roundtable / panel / dinner)

Production + KOL invites + recording

Fri

Apr 16

On-site podcast recording day · 3-4 founder + AI platform partner interviews

Studio + production + same-week clip pipeline

Sat

Apr 17

KOL placements live · partnership-conversation closes

KOL proof + per-post tracking

Sun

Apr 18

Founder thread recap of week · AI/ML Twitter cluster reciprocation

Thread craft + cluster activation

Mon (D+6)

Apr 19

Departure · post-event clip cascade live

Distribution sequencing + weekly verified proof

by application Cloud Next Lite activation. Single-track pre-event AI/ML platform narrative or Strip-side dinner.

Single-track entry tierverified-proof reportingpairs with Standard or Full upgrade

Feature

FORKOFF activationOutcome-priced

DIY booth + sponsorLogo on banner

Traditional PR firmPress retainer

Pricing model

Outcome-priced. Per-event commit. by application tier band.

Booth fee plus AV plus founder hours. Often by application plus before any sourced GCP lead.

Monthly retainer regardless of event outcome. monthly retainer, by application.

Pre-event narrative

30-day AI/ML platform cluster activation plus 30-account GenAI infrastructure intro engineering

Tweet announcing booth number a week before

Press release embargoed until Thomas Kurian keynote day

On-site cadence

Daily founder posts, Tour de Cloud Next dinner, Innovators Hive panel, KOL placements, podcast recordings

Founder behind a Mandalay Bay podium, hopes the right Vertex AI buyer walks past

Press wrangling around the keynote, no operating cadence on-site

Post-event compounding

30-day clip cascade plus qualified-pipeline record sourced from Google Cloud ecosystem

Folder of phone photos and a Slack debrief from a LAS flight home

Coverage clipping report, often disconnected from AI/ML platform pipeline

Qualified-view proof, audited

Signed by operator, qualified-pipeline math, T+30 close

Whatever the founder remembers from the Mandalay Bay main hall

Vanity coverage report, no pipeline math

Our event operating record, in the open

What a cloud developer room rewards

Where this connects across FORKOFF

Reviewed by the FORKOFF events team, the operators who run these activations on the ground.

The Google Cloud Next activation that shipsqualified pipeline.

AI/ML platform founders, GenAI infrastructure teams, and Google Cloud ecosystem operators on the FORKOFF Cloud Next radar.

Four reasons Cloud Next is the highest-leverageAI/ML platform week of the year.

30,000+

3 days

100+

30 days

What Google Cloud Next 2027 actually looks like.

From a Mandalay Bay booth and a stack of swagto compounded AI/ML platform pipeline.

Google Cloud Next 2027 week-of cadence (recommended).

Real outcomes fromreal AI/ML platform activations.

3x

2 days

3

OWNED

For founders. Run a Cloud Next activation that compoundswithout paying by application for a Mandalay Bay booth fee.

by application Cloud Next lite pilot. Refund if we do not deliver the qualified-intro list pre-Vegas.

What operators say after the engagement.

by application Cloud Next Lite activation. Single-track pre-event AI/ML platform narrative or Strip-side dinner.

How a FORKOFF Google Cloud Next activation compares.

Google Cloud Next 2027 activation tiers.

Lite

Standard

Full

Other activation weeks. Same operator. Same proof.

Microsoft Ignite 2026

AWS re:Invent 2026

RSA Conference 2026

DEF CON 2026

SaaStr AI Annual 2026

Where Cloud Next activations compound in your stack.

AI startups

SaaS companies

Founder funnel

Founder podcast

KOL marketing

Events roster

Our event operating record, in the open

What a cloud developer room rewards

Where this connects across FORKOFF

Stop sponsoring Cloud Next.Run an activation.

Receipts, deep dives, and playbooks.

Global Trading Show 2026 (Abu Dhabi): Speakers, Dates, and What to Expect

GWDC 2026 Korea (Seoul): Dates, Venue, Speakers, and the Four Zones

Sol SyncUp Infrastructure Summit Singapore: Inside the Closed-Door DePIN Meeting

The Google Cloud Next activation that shipsqualified pipeline.

AI/ML platform founders, GenAI infrastructure teams, and Google Cloud ecosystem operators on the FORKOFF Cloud Next radar.

Four reasons Cloud Next is the highest-leverageAI/ML platform week of the year.

30,000+

3 days

100+

30 days

What Google Cloud Next 2027 actually looks like.

From a Mandalay Bay booth and a stack of swagto compounded AI/ML platform pipeline.

Google Cloud Next 2027 week-of cadence (recommended).

Real outcomes fromreal AI/ML platform activations.

3x

2 days

3

OWNED

For founders. Run a Cloud Next activation that compoundswithout paying by application for a Mandalay Bay booth fee.

by application Cloud Next lite pilot. Refund if we do not deliver the qualified-intro list pre-Vegas.

What operators say after the engagement.

by application Cloud Next Lite activation. Single-track pre-event AI/ML platform narrative or Strip-side dinner.

How a FORKOFF Google Cloud Next activation compares.

Google Cloud Next 2027 activation tiers.

Lite

Standard

Full

Other activation weeks. Same operator. Same proof.

Microsoft Ignite 2026

AWS re:Invent 2026

RSA Conference 2026

DEF CON 2026

SaaStr AI Annual 2026

Where Cloud Next activations compound in your stack.

AI startups

SaaS companies

Founder funnel

Founder podcast

Four reasons Cloud Next is the highest-leverage
AI/ML platform week of the year.

From a Mandalay Bay booth and a stack of swag
to compounded AI/ML platform pipeline.

Real outcomes from
real AI/ML platform activations.

For founders. Run a Cloud Next activation that compounds
without paying by application for a Mandalay Bay booth fee.

Stop sponsoring Cloud Next.
Run an activation.

Four reasons Cloud Next is the highest-leverage
AI/ML platform week of the year.

From a Mandalay Bay booth and a stack of swag
to compounded AI/ML platform pipeline.

Real outcomes from
real AI/ML platform activations.

For founders. Run a Cloud Next activation that compounds
without paying by application for a Mandalay Bay booth fee.

Stop sponsoring Cloud Next.
Run an activation.