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Start building with Gemini 2.0 Flash and Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is now in production. Google's betting on lightweight inference to win the build layer.

Reporting by Google DeepMind Blog 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Google is shipping a production-ready lightweight model variant designed for cost-sensitive and latency-critical deployments. This signals a strategic push to capture developers building at scale who can't afford flagship model pricing.

The key facts

5 to know

  1. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite now generally available in Gemini API

  2. Available in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI for enterprise

  3. Production-ready deployment

  4. Positioned for cost and latency optimization vs. Flash flagship

  5. Released February 25, 2025

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Publisher excerpt: Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is now generally available in the Gemini API for production use in Google AI Studio and for enterprise customers on Vertex AI
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