Gemini (Google)
- Made by
- Company founded
- 1998
- Headquarters
- United States
- Launched
- December 2023
- Category
- AI Models › Large Language Models
- Type
- Closed source
- Pricing
- Free plan available
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How to get it
Key features
- Natively multimodal models that understand text, images, audio and video
- Very long context windows for large documents, codebases and videos
- Reasoning modes for complex problems
- Built-in tools such as Google Search grounding and code execution
- Available in Google products, Google AI Studio and Vertex AI
Strengths
- Built by Google DeepMind and deeply integrated into Search, Android, Workspace and other Google products.
- Among the leaders in handling very long inputs, including hours of video or audio in one request.
- Strong multimodal understanding across text, images, audio and video.
- A free tier in Google AI Studio makes it easy for developers to start experimenting.
Frequently asked questions
- Who makes the Gemini models?
- Google, developed by its Google DeepMind research lab.
- Where can I use Gemini models?
- In the Gemini app and other Google products, and for developers through Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.
- Are Gemini models open source?
- No. Google's open-weight models are released separately under the Gemma name.