Vertex AI Training Agent Platform Managed Training
Legacy names Vertex AI Training, AI Platform Training, AI Platform (Unified), Cloud Machine Learning Engine (Cloud ML Engine)
Managed serverless custom model training, hyperparameter tuning, and AutoML training service.
Naming timeline
- Cloud Machine Learning Engine (Cloud ML Engine)
Initial managed ML training and prediction service on ml.googleapis.com (gcloud ml-engine).
- AI Platform Training / AI Platform (Unified)
Rebranded from Cloud ML Engine to AI Platform Training (ml.googleapis.com, deprecated Jan 23, 2023 and shut down in 2025); AI Platform (Unified) launched on aiplatform.googleapis.com on November 16, 2020.
- Vertex AI Training
Consolidated custom model training, hyperparameter tuning, persistent resources, and AutoML training under Vertex AI.
- Agent Platform Managed TrainingCurrent name
Rebranded under Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as Agent Platform Managed Training and Agent Platform Serverless Training.
What is Vertex AI Training called now?
Vertex AI Training is now called Agent Platform Managed Training, with the latest change in October 2025 (Gemini Enterprise Launch (Release Notes Table Apr 22, 2026)). Earlier names covered by this entry also include AI Platform Training, AI Platform (Unified), Cloud Machine Learning Engine (Cloud ML Engine). Managed serverless custom model training, hyperparameter tuning, and AutoML training service. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Also known as
- Agent Platform Serverless Training
- Agent Platform serverless training
- Managed Training Clusters
- Agent Platform AutoML
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| REST / gRPC APIs | aiplatform.googleapis.com |
|---|---|
| gcloud / CLI Commands | gcloud ai custom-jobs gcloud ai hp-tuning-jobs gcloud ai persistent-resources |
| IAM Predefined Roles | roles/aiplatform.* |
| Terraform Resources | google_vertex_ai_* |
Active training workloads run on aiplatform.googleapis.com (customJobs, hyperparameterTuningJobs, trainingPipelines, persistentResources); legacy ml.googleapis.com is shut down.
Notes & disambiguation
- In the April 22, 2026 Agent Platform release notes naming table, 'Vertex AI Training' maps to both 'Agent Platform Managed Training' and 'Agent Platform Serverless Training', while 'Vertex AI Training Clusters (VTC)' became 'Managed Training Clusters' and 'Vertex AI AutoML' became 'Agent Platform AutoML'.
- Legacy AI Platform Training (ml.googleapis.com / gcloud ai-platform jobs) was deprecated on January 23, 2023 and shut down in 2025.
Sources & official documentation
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