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Today, I'm going to show you how Google just changed the game with AI Studio. This is huge. We're talking about updates that most people are sleeping on right now. New features, easier access, and real ways to turn this into actual revenue. You're early to this, and if you stick around, I'm going to show you exactly how to use these updates the right way. Most people are going to miss this completely. Hey there. So, if you haven't already noticed, I'm Nick Ponty's AI avatar. While The Real Nick is busy helping businesses with Minina Marketing, Hawaii's fastest growing marketing agency, I'm here dropping the latest AI hacks, tools, and money-making strategies. The Real Nick reads every single comment on these videos. So, make sure you comment below. And listen, if you're serious about landing some AI subscription-based customers, grab my four-part AI fasttrack training that I am currently offering for free. The links in the description. All right, now let's get into it. So, here's what's happening. Google AI Studio just got a massive overhaul. And I'm not talking about small tweaks. I'm talking about features that actually change how you can use this platform to make money. But most people are going to use these updates the wrong way. They're going to play around with it, test it out, think it's cool, and then move on. The people who understand what's really happening here are going to build real income streams with this. Let me break down what changed. Google separated AI Studio from Google Cloud. What that actually means is you can now use the platform without dealing with complicated billing and navigation. They listened to developers who were complaining about how hard it was to get started. Now it's simple. You set up payment right there in AI Studio and you're good to go. This is exactly what makes a tool actually usable for building services and selling them to businesses. The interface got smarter, too. They added tool options right in the input field. instead of clicking around in sidebars trying to find what you need. Everything is right there when you're typing. When you're building stuff for clients, speed matters. Time is money. The faster you can test ideas and get results, the faster you can deliver. And delivering fast is how you keep clients and charge premium prices. Google also turned on advanced features by default. Google search grounding is ready to use. No extra setup. That means your AI can pull in real-time information from the web automatically. This is massive for building business tools. A real estate agent needs current property data. A restaurant owner needs local event information. A marketing agency needs trending topics. All of this becomes easy to build. Now, they're also working on autofunction response. This means the model can automatically handle function calls without you writing extra code for every action. That cuts development time in half. When you're selling AI solutions to local businesses, you don't want to spend weeks building one tool. You want to build fast, deliver fast, and move to the next client. This feature makes that possible. Now, let's talk about the models. AI Studio now has full access to Gemini 3 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash. These aren't preview models anymore. They're fully available. Gemini 3 Flash is now the default. It's fast, really fast, three times faster than the previous version, and it still delivers frontier level performance. For anyone building client services, this is perfect. You get high quality results without waiting around. Your client sees their tool work in real time. That's how you close deals. But here's where it gets interesting. You can also fine-tune these models with your own data. So if you're working with a client in a specific industry, you can train the model on their information, their products, their services, their tone. Now, you're not just selling them generic AI. You're selling them something custom, something that feels like it was made specifically for their business. And guess what? Custom work costs more. a lot more. One of the biggest updates is deployment. You can take whatever you build in AI Studio and deploy it to Cloud Run with one click. One click, no setting up servers, no containers. You build it, you click deploy, and it's live. You get a working URL for your client. They can use it right away. And it scales automatically. 10 users or 10,000 users. It just works. Cloud Run is affordable. You get 2 million requests per month for free. After that, you only pay for what you use. Build a tool for a small business, charge them a monthly subscription, and your costs are almost nothing at the start. Pure profit. As they grow, costs grow slowly. But you're already collecting monthly payments. That's a great business model. All right, quick pause. If you're finding this valuable, make sure to hit that like button and subscribe. And the real Nick Ponty reads every comment on these videos, so drop a comment below. And hey, if you're serious about taking your business to the next level, grab my four-part AI fasttrack training that I'm currently offering for free. It also includes an exclusive link to try out the AI software I use in my business for 30 days free. The links in the description. Now, let's keep going. Here's another feature flying under the radar. Grounding with Google Maps. This lets your AI pull realorld location data directly into responses. Reviews, hours, distance, all of it. Think about how many local businesses need this. a travel agent building custom itineraries, a delivery service optimizing routes, a local guide creating personalized recommendations. You can build these tools without needing complicated APIs or data sources. It's all right there. I got fired. That was the moment I had to figure things out on my own. When I started learning this stuff, I didn't have tools like this. I had to piece everything together from scratch. Now, it's all integrated. If you're not taking advantage of this, you're leaving money on the table. So, let's talk about how to actually use this to make money. First idea, build custom chat bots for local businesses. A restaurant wants a chatbot that can answer questions about their menu, hours, and location. You build it in AI Studio. You use maps grounding for location questions. You train it on their menu data. You deploy it in 10 minutes. You charge them $300 to $500 to build it. Then, you charge them $50 to $100 per month to keep it running. That's one client. Now, multiply that. Second idea, create content generation tools for agencies. Marketing agencies need fresh content constantly. Social posts, blog ideas, email copy. You can build a tool that generates all of this based on trending topics using Google search grounding. Package it as a monthly service. Charge them 200 to 500 per month. The tool runs itself. You just collect payments. Third idea, real estate tools. Build a property research assistant that pulls data from maps, combines it with market trends from search, and generates detailed reports for agents. Real estate agents will pay for tools that save them hours of research time, charge per report, or charge a monthly subscription. Either way works. AI Studio now works better with Workspace tools, Gmail, Sheets, Docs, all of it. You can automate content creation inside tools businesses already use every day. That makes adoption way easier. You're not asking them to learn new software. You're making their current tools smarter. And that's an easy sell. Businesses love efficiency. If you can show them how to cut hours of work down to minutes, they'll pay for it. The platform improved collaboration. Teams can work together in real time, testing prompts, sharing results, building together. If you're running an agency or working with partners, this makes everything smoother. You can bring in a designer, a developer, a strategist. Everyone works in the same space. No sending files back and forth, just clean teamwork. They also added saved system instructions. This is huge for scaling. You build a prompt that works. You save it. You reuse it across projects. Now you're not starting from zero every time. You're building faster, delivering faster, making money faster. Most people will see these updates and think they're just for developers. That's the wrong mindset. You don't need to be technical to use this. You just need to understand what businesses need and how to connect the dots. Businesses need tools that save time, tools that bring in more customers, tools that make their team more productive. AI Studio can build all of that. Now, you just need to position it right. Here's the smart approach. Pick a local industry. Let's say home services, plumbers, electricians, HVSE companies. These businesses all need the same things. Lead capture tools, appointment scheduling, customer communication. You build one solution using AI Studio. You customize it slightly for each client. You sell it 10 times. That's real leverage. Or go niche online. Build tools for course creators, coaches, consultants. They all need content systems, email automation, client onboarding. Build it once. Sell it as a subscription. Scale it with ads or outreach. Suddenly, you're running a real software business without writing complex code. The reason timing matters here is because most people don't know about these updates yet. You have a window right now where you can be the person in your market who offers these solutions. Once everyone catches up, competition gets harder, pricing gets tighter. But right now, you can charge premium rates because you're solving real problems with cutting edge tools. And look, I'm not saying this is passive income. You'll need to put in work. You'll need to talk to businesses. You'll need to understand their problems. You'll need to build solutions and support clients. But the barrier to entry is way lower than it used to be. You don't need a huge budget. You don't need a team. You just need this platform and the willingness to take action. Google AI Studio just became one of the most accessible ways to build and deploy AI solutions. The updates they rolled out make it faster, easier, and cheaper to create real tools that businesses will actually pay for. Simplified billing, better models, one-click deployment, grounding with search and maps. All of it adds up to opportunity. The question is whether you're going to treat this like a cool tech demo or like a real business opportunity. Because the tools are here, the demand is there. The only thing missing is action. And if you're watching this video right now, you're already ahead of most people. You're paying attention. You're learning. Now, it's just about putting it into practice. If you want to go deeper, make sure you grab my free four-part AI FastTrack training. I walk you through the exact steps to land higher paying AI subscription-based clients. You'll also get access to a free 30-day trial of the best AI software I use to run my entire business and get clients. It's even better than what we talked about today for certain tasks. Plus, you'll get invited to join my free community with over 22,000 other agency owners who are all building AI businesses right now. The links in the description and in the comments. This is your moment. The tools are ready. The market is ready. Now it's your turn. Let's build something