{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-19/huntington-bank-1866-studio-launch","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-19/huntington-bank-1866-studio-launch.md","title":"Huntington Bank Launches 1866 Studio AI Platform","headline":"Huntington National Bank Debuts 1866 Studio, an AI Operating System Built With Google Cloud","description":"Huntington National Bank opened early access to The 1866 Studio, an AI-powered small business operating system built with Google Cloud's Gemini platform.","section":"Product Launches","published_at":"2026-10-19T12:51:40+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-19T12:51:40+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Huntington National Bank opened early access to The 1866 Studio on October 19, 2026, for small business owners and entrepreneurs, including non-customers.","The 1866 Studio runs on Google Cloud's Gemini platform and Gemini multimodal models, with agentic workflows for business launch, marketing and loan readiness.","Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $284 billion asset regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, operating over 1,400 branches in 21 states."],"companies":[{"name":"Huntington National Bank","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000dns/huntington-national-bank","website":"http://www.huntington.com"},{"name":"Google Cloud","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000d34/google-cloud","website":"https://cloud.google.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"PR Newswire","title":"Huntington Bank Introduces The 1866 Studio, an AI-Powered Small Business Operating System Built with Google Cloud","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/huntington-bank-introduces-the-1866-studio-an-ai-powered-small-business-operating-system-built-with-google-cloud-302912579.html"},"other_sources":[{"publisher":"Finextra","url":"https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48601/huntington-bank-partners-google-cloud-for-ai-powered-small-business-operating-system?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed"}],"tags":["Product Launches","Huntington National Bank","Google Cloud"],"body_markdown":"[Huntington National Bank](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000dns/huntington-national-bank) introduced The 1866 Studio, an AI-powered small business operating system built with [Google Cloud](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000d34/google-cloud), and opened early access on October 19, 2026. The bank announced the platform in a [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/huntington-bank-introduces-the-1866-studio-an-ai-powered-small-business-operating-system-built-with-google-cloud-302912579.html) release. Small business owners and entrepreneurs, not limited to Huntington customers, can sign up for early access.\n\n## How The 1866 Studio Works For Small Businesses\n\nThe 1866 Studio provides agentic AI workflows across the financial, operational and management needs of business owners, and retains relevant business context across tasks so owners can orchestrate decisions across disparate tools. Initial capabilities include business launch support, where built-in AI agents guide owners through entity selection, registration, licensing and operational setup while generating a customized action plan. Marketing and campaign creation uses multimodal Gemini models to generate marketing collateral, digital ad copy and social media campaigns. Loan readiness assistance has AI-powered agents evaluate financing readiness by identifying potential gaps, explaining lender expectations and recommending actions.\n\n[Finextra](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48601/huntington-bank-partners-google-cloud-for-ai-powered-small-business-operating-system?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed) reported that the platform is built on Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise platform and provides guided workflows for financial, operational and management tasks. Huntington's multi-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud covers technology modernization, governed AI capabilities and innovation.\n\n\"Small business owners shouldn't have to become experts in every function or in AI to build a successful business,\" said Vijay Konduru, head of innovation and AI products at Huntington. \"The 1866 Studio is an AI-powered platform designed around the small business jobs to be done.\"\n\nBrant Standridge, president of Huntington Bank, said the platform brings together Huntington's expertise and the Gemini platform to help owners make more informed decisions. Rohit Bhat, general manager and managing director, Financial Services, at Google Cloud, said Huntington is creating an experience that helps small business owners move from information to action.\n\n## Huntington's Recent Partnership Record\n\nAccording to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Huntington joined The Clearing House's CHIPS corporate payment system, which processes $2T daily, and the Project Keystone consortium for bank-owned digital tokenized money in May 2026. In April 2026 the bank secured a multiyear partnership with Ameriprise Financial as its retail investment program provider, adding approximately 260 advisors and $28 billion in client assets to its wealth platform by late 2026. The same records list a June 2026 partnership in which SmartMedia Technologies integrates its SmartPoints protocol with Huntington Bank, enabling programmable loyalty tokens to function as digital payment assets.\n\n## Earlier Huntington Announcements This Fall\n\nHuntington National Bank announced more than $40 million to modernize its Tupelo Regional Headquarters and Operations Center, part of the new Huntington Bank Business Park, PR Newswire reported in October 2026. American City Business Journals reported the same month that the bank will close six Houston-area branches, including locations in the Galleria, Friendswood, Sugar Land and The Woodlands, following its acquisition of Veritex Community Bank and Cadence Bank. In September 2026, PR Newswire reported that Huntington Bancshares will release third quarter 2026 financial results before market open on October 22, 2026, and host a conference call at 9 a.m. ET.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}