It has been a few years since ChatGPT started the AI race. Now, tech giants like Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and others are all in with their party tricks, targeting consumers and businesses alike. In its latest move, Google announced a new Gemini Kit for startups and entrepreneurs, offering them tools, credits, training, and community support to build products and services with a touch of AI.
The search giant said in a blog post that the Google for Startups Gemini Kit is available free of charge, adding that "it"s a complete ecosystem designed to remove every obstacle between you and your AI-owered startup."
Startups can quickly set up their Gemini API key and access the latest Gemini, Veo, Imagen, and other models in AI Studio. They can prototype their idea, scale it to product, and create agenetic experiences with multimodal capabilities. Startups wanting to scale can get up to $350,000 in Cloud credits for Gemini or Vertex API usage by applying to the Google for Startups Cloud Program.
The kit comes with several resources startups can use. For instance, Gemini API Cookbook is a library of practical examples, code samples, and hands-on tutorials to help get started. They can refer to a multimedia library that includes short videos and practical uses cased from Google"s for Startups community.
Google will also host workshops such as Gemini API Sprints in different cities globally where startups can get hands-on support from Gemini experts, a two-day in-person event for founders, online learning sessions with the Gemini team, and send newsletters.
This comes more than a month after Google announced a funding program for startups working on AI-based products and services. The search giant is funding AI-focused movie-makers and introduced free AI features in Google Workspace for nonprofit organizations.
Google also ran a pilot project and found that AI can help boost productivity by 122 hours per day. However, the truth of the hour is AI is still prone to errors, people still have mixed thoughts about its existence, and fear that their jobs might be replaced.