[2 more days] Win All-Access Pass to NVIDIA GTC 2026 🎫

Jen Harvey — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:55:10 +0000

Are you ready to take your AI and cloud development skills to the next level? The Google Cloud and NVIDIA team is thrilled to announce the NVIDIA GTC Golden Ticket Contest, and we want to send one lucky developer from our community to San Jose this March! Enter here.

The "Golden Ticket" winner will receive a premier experience:

✈️ Travel & Pass: Complimentary NVIDIA GTC 2026 conference pass, including round-trip travel to San Jose and accommodations.

💻 Elite Hardware: NVIDIA DGX Spark.

⭐ VIP Access: Reserved seating for Jensen Huang’s Keynote and an invite to an exclusive Happy Hour at NVIDIA Headquarters.

🧠 Hands-on Training: A GTC Training Lab Pass to sharpen your technical edge.

🛠️ How to Enter
Entering is simple, but we’re looking for developers who are truly committed to upskilling. Follow these four steps to secure your entry:

Join the Community: Head over to the Google Cloud & NVIDIA developer community.
Level Up: Complete at least one or more of our joint learning pathways, such as:
Deploy Faster Generative AI models with NVIDIA NIM on GKE, Intro to Inference: How to Run AI Models on a GPU and/or Speed Up Data Analytics on GPUs.
Share Your Story: Post on LinkedIn or X about what you learned and how you’ll apply it to your next project. Be sure to tag Google for Developers, and use the hashtag #NVIDIAGTC.
Submit Your Form: Finalize your entry by filling out the official submission form by the deadline.

⏳ Key Dates to Remember

Submission Deadline: February 20, 2026, at 11:59 PM PST.

Judging Period: February 21–24, 2026.
Winner Announced: February 25, 2026.
NVIDIA GTC 2026: March 16–19, 2026.

📝 The Fine Print
Please be sure to read the terms and conditions for all of the details about this contest.

Deadline: The last date to enter is February 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM. Ensure your paths are completed and your post is live before the deadline.

The winner will be selected and announced on February 25, 2026. A team member may follow-up with the selected winner to verify eligibility.

You must be a resident of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec), Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania,
Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, The United States of America
(excluding Puerto Rico and its other territories and possessions).

You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to be eligible to participate in this
Contest.

This Contest is open to individuals only. No team entries and no corporate or institutional entries are permitted in this Contest.
Employees of Sponsor, its affiliates, and their respective contractors, service providers and professional advisors connected with this
Contest, as well as members of their immediate families and/or households, are NOT eligible to enter.

Need Help?

Have questions about the learning paths or the contest? Join the conversation on our Community Forum to connect with Google Cloud, NVIDIA and fellow developers (you need to join the community to view and comment in the forum).

New developer tools for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers

Jen Harvey — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:22:14 +0000

There’s a specific kind of magic in getting a generative AI model to do exactly what you want. You tweak the prompt, you adjust the context, and suddenly - it clicks. But for many developers, that moment of success is followed by a slightly less magical question: Okay, now how do I turn this into a real app without racking up a massive bill?

We want to fix that disconnect. The distance between a great idea in a chat window and an online application should be as short as possible.

That’s why we’ve just integrated Google Developer Program (GDP) premium benefits directly into Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra subscriptions at no extra cost. This includes $10 per month in Google Cloud credits for Google AI Pro subscribers and $100 per month for Google AI Ultra subscribers.

The fuel to build and deploy

Previously, a GDP premium subscription gave you access to our most capable models, like Gemini 3 Pro. That’s great for prototyping. But moving to production usually meant navigating a separate setup for Google Cloud billing. It was a speed bump in what should be a smooth ride.

By integrating GDP premium in Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra, you get the resources you need to ship what you build, through Google Cloud credits. This means you can experiment with developer tools without hitting a wall the moment you want to go live.

Your new end-to-end journey

Here is what this looks like in practice. We’re connecting the dots to create a seamless workflow from idea to "Hello, World."

Prototype and build: You can start by refining your prompts in Google AI Studio, dive into our new agentic IDE, Google Antigravity, or tap our open-source AI agent in the terminal with Gemini CLI.
Deploy and scale: Once your application is running as intended, you don’t need to stop. You can use your monthly Google Cloud credits to push that code to production—whether that’s via Vertex AI or Cloud Run. Additionally, you can use the credits towards Gemini API to get more mileage interacting with agents via AI Studio or Vertex AI.

Get started today

If you‘re an active Google AI Pro or Google AI Ultra subscriber, visit Google Developer Program to activate your new benefits and explore the program’s content, communities and forums

Now, go build something fun.

Forem: Jen Harvey

[2 more days] Win All-Access Pass to NVIDIA GTC 2026 🎫

New developer tools for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers

The fuel to build and deploy

Your new end-to-end journey

Get started today