Google Cloud Vertex AI

Vertex AI is Google Cloud’s managed platform for developing and deploying machine-learning and generative-AI applications. It provides hosted models and APIs that applications, including agents, can call at runtime, along with tools for model training, evaluation, and serving.

Vertex AI Model Garden is Google Cloud's catalog for discovering, evaluating, and deploying generative AI and foundation models from Google and third-party providers. It can provide access to models such as Anthropic Claude for use through Vertex AI services and integrations.

Google Cloud is Google’s cloud computing platform, providing hosted infrastructure, managed services, security, data management, and hybrid and multicloud capabilities. It includes Vertex AI for building and integrating AI applications and can host development workflows such as Claude Code.

Google AI Studio is a web-based development platform from Google for exploring and evaluating Gemini models, developing prompts, and turning natural-language ideas into code and web applications. It supports integrations including Firestore, Cloud SQL, authentication, and database schema creation, and was used to create a mobile-responsive speaker-notes website.

The gcloud CLI is Google's command-line tool for managing Google Cloud resources and services. It supports commands such as selecting a project, configuring authentication, and enabling APIs including Vertex AI.