Both Apple and Google are now hoping that developers build on their respective AI stacks
Apple chief executive Tim Cook met 22-year-old Indian developer Akshat Srivastava, whose app MindBud
While Srivastava was one of many app-makers who was in the spotlight, the narrative was clear—a focus to capture developer interest
Google, too, which on 14 May announced features and initiatives to lure developers into building apps and services on its Gemini large language model
Powered suite of features for Android, Chrome, YouTube and more—which have estimated active user bases of 3.9 billion, 3.2 billion and 2.5 billion, respectively
At stake is commercialization of generative AI—as more developers build apps and services for Apple and Google’s AI stacks