Code 2025
Building in the Gemini Era – Kat Kampf & Ammaar Reshi, Google DeepMind
Overview
This talk introduces Google DeepMind's latest advancements, Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro, highlighting their capabilities in building AI-powered applications. The core thesis is that these models empower anyone to build software by simplifying complex tasks through intuitive interfaces and powerful AI features, enabling a new generation of engineers to create at an unprecedented scale.
Who should watch
- AI Engineers
- Product Managers
- Builders and developers interested in AI-powered tools
- Those exploring new AI models for product development
- Individuals interested in low-code/no-code AI development platforms
Key takeaways
- Gemini 3 Pro excels in UI/aesthetic sensibilities, demonstrating strong design understanding for generating websites and UIs, alongside advanced agentic tool calling for complex tasks.
- Nano Banana Pro offers significant improvements in image generation, featuring enhanced world knowledge powered by Google Search, superior text rendering, and increased consistency for generating images with multiple subjects.
- Google AI Studio provides a platform for developers to easily integrate Gemini models, offering features like AI chips for tools such as Google Search and Maps grounding, and a free quota for shared applications.
- The Vibe coding experience within AI Studio is designed to be AI-powered throughout, aiming to break traditional coding paradigms by using the model as a partner for iteration.
- Live demos showcased the creation of a comic book adventure with personalized faces and stories, a slick animation website generated from a simple prompt, and a functional multiplayer racing game built with AI assistance.
- Future updates to AI Studio will include backend support and full-stack runtime capabilities, enabling the creation of more complex applications like multiplayer games and e-commerce platforms with simplified prompts.
- The development philosophy emphasizes democratizing software creation, allowing individuals with minimal coding experience to build applications by abstracting away complex technical details.
- The goal is to enable engineers to build tools for a world where anyone can create software, focusing on intuiting user intent and simplifying the addition of features like databases or payment solutions.
Notable quotes
*We can really build anything.*
*The first is the UI and aesthetic sensibilities of Gemini 3. It's very very strong at design understanding and generating websites and good UIs in one shot.*
*And the second is with agentic tool calling.*
Unofficial community note. Prefer the recording for nuance.