We kicked off our Ideathon with a fast, practical tour of the tools people are actually using to research, build, and ship AI-powered products.

First, we explored how to validate ideas and learn fast using:

• Research: https://gemini.google.com/ , https://notebooklm.google/ , https://www.ycombinator.com/companies

• Model benchmarking: https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard

Then we moved into real development and production workflows:

• Developing: https://geminicli.com/ , https://antigravity.google/ , https://firebase.studio/ , https://aistudio.google.com/

• Product and prototyping: https://labs.google/ , https://stitch.withgoogle.com/

• Motion design: https://hera.video/

After the tool tour, we talked about what “production-ready” means (reliability, cost, speed, UX), and how agentic development workflows can accelerate experimentation and delivery.

Finally, we explained the competition format and evaluation criteria. Teams picked a theme, started building, iterated with mentorship, and ended the event by pitching their solution and demoing what they built.

If you missed it, stay tuned. We will share the full submission guide and templates for your next build.