Google AI — Foundation Models Platform

Google AI develops the Gemini family of multimodal models, capable of processing text, images, audio, and video in a single model. The division traces its roots to Google Brain (founded 2011), which merged with DeepMind (acquired by Google in 2014) in April 2023 to form Google DeepMind under CEO Demis Hassabis.

Gemini models power Google's consumer AI products including the Gemini chatbot, Search AI Overviews, and Workspace integrations. The API is available through Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, offering models from the cost-efficient Flash-Lite ($0.10/$0.40 per MTok) to the frontier Gemini 3.1 Pro ($2/$12 per MTok). Google's generous free tier provides unlimited access to several models, and the 1M+ token context window is the largest among major providers.

Consumer subscriptions range from free to Google AI Ultra at $249.99/month, which includes advanced features like Project Mariner (browser agent) and 30TB cloud storage. Google DeepMind employs approximately 5,600-8,000 people and continues to push boundaries with open-source models like Gemma and foundational research contributions.