Google Sees Surge in Sales of Gemini AI Models | PYMNTS.com

This uptick indicates an improvement in the quality of those models, according to Seeking Alpha, which itself cited a paywalled report by The Information Tuesday (Jan. 20).

This could add more revenue from Google Cloud’s core business of server sales, as the money customers shell out for AI often leads to more spending on other Google products, the report added, citing a source with knowledge of Google’s sales.

The report notes that Google sells access to its AI models via Google Cloud via an application programming interface (API). Requests sent to the Gemini API more than doubled between March and August of last year, the report added, citing internal data from Google.

The Information adds that a major challenge still facing Google is convincing business customers to pay for the complex software it has created to run on top of its AI models. Sources said this software gives…