What is Antigravity and why does it matter?

AI coding tools have become good at generating code, fixing errors and explaining what is happening inside a codebase. But Google wants its AI to take on a larger role in the development process.
That is where Antigravity comes in.
Antigravity is Google’s agentic development platform, designed to allow AI agents handle multi-step coding and knowledge-work tasks. The agents can use tools, work with files, search the web, delegate parts of a task to other agents, and continue working without needing constant instructions from a developer.
Google introduced Antigravity in November 2025 as an AI-powered development environment. Since then, the company has expanded it into a broader p...