Somnia, Sony’s gaming and entertainment focused blockchain has announced a major partnership with Google Cloud. With the partnership, it has integrated its AI Agent tools and will operate as a validator on the Somnia network.
The partnership was unveiled at the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) in Cannes, marking a significant milestone in Somnia’s mission to enable immersive, on‑chain gaming experiences at scale.
Founded with backing from a $270 million fund led by Improbable, Somnia boasts a novel multistream consensus mechanism and its proprietary IceDB database, enabling throughput exceeding one million transactions per second (TPS), sub‑second finality, and transaction fees below one cent.
The network recently surpassed 1 billion transactions on its public testnet—processing 250 million transactions in under a month and peaking at 80 million in a single day—demonstrating its readiness for demanding, real‑time applications.
Google Cloud to Become Somnia’s Validator
Under the partnership, Google Cloud will operate validator nodes on Somnia’s network. It will leverage its enterprise‑grade infrastructure to bolster decentralization, uptime, and security.
With this, Somnia developers are set to gain seamless access to Google Cloud’s AI, data‑streaming, and analytics services. These include real‑time blockchain data ingestion via Pub/Sub and indexed Somnia datasets in BigQuery for rapid prototyping and deep insights.
As per the press release shared with BrandTalk, Somnia is integrating Google’s AI agent ecosystem, including ADK, A2A, and MCP, to enable intelligent, interoperable agents within on-chain games and applications.
We just made a huge announcement at @EthCC! 🤯
We’re teaming up with @GoogleCloudTech to power AI agents and leverage their security capabilities!
Google Cloud will also operate as a validator on the Somnia network.
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— Somnia – a Fully Onchain World (@Somnia_Network) June 30, 2025
This comes as the latest Google Cloud’s publicly announced blockchain‑related partnerships in 2025. It is already partenering with CME Group, piloting its Universal Ledger—a private, programmable distributed‑ledger network—to explore tokenization of derivatives and streamlining of settlement and clearing processes.
Google Cloud’s Increasing Engagements
Further, in early 2025, Google Cloud joined Injective as an official validator node operator. This collaboration leverages Google’s infrastructure to secure Injective’s DeFi‑focused Layer 1 network, improve transaction validation throughput, and give developers access to real‑time blockchain data and tooling on GCP.
This comes as the broader industry is also rebounding. In Q1 2025, GameFi platforms hit 1 million daily active users, led by Solana and Ethereum L2 titles. While Q2‑specific wallet counts aren’t yet aggregated, weekly reports show strong engagement on Layer‑2 chains. For example, Mythos is exceeding $650 million lifetime trading volume and momentum in Metaverse‑style games.
After Q1’s dip to 5.8 million dUAW, Q2 has also seen stabilization and even slight rebounds. April saw 5.6 M dUAW while May witnessed 4.9 M dUAW (a modest uptick from April’s lows. Gaming accounted for 19.4 % of all dUAW in May, narrowly outpacing DeFi and AI‐driven dApps
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