Pulumi provides a streamlined solution for creating, deploying, and managing Google Cloud applications and infrastructure using familiar programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python. It simplifies the serverless experience by allowing developers to focus on application code without the need to learn new domain-specific languages or YAML templating solutions. Pulumi integrates seamlessly with Google Cloud Functions, enabling the creation of serverless applications with minimal code, and supports event-driven programming with resources like Pub/Sub topics and storage buckets. It also enhances the development process by managing infrastructure as code, handling deployment complexities, and providing secure management of secrets through its configuration tool. A practical example is illustrated through a Slack Bot application, demonstrating how Pulumi facilitates the integration of cloud resources and serverless code in a unified structure, thereby streamlining continuous deployment and resource management.