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Expand Up @@ -80,6 +80,22 @@ The Google Gen AI SDK provides support for both the
[Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/overview)
implementations of the Gemini API.

<details>
<summary>Gemini Developer API vs Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform</summary>

Use the **Gemini Developer API** when you want the simplest path for prototypes
or applications that authenticate with an API key from Google AI Studio.

Use **Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform** when your application should run on
Google Cloud infrastructure, use Google Cloud authentication, and be associated
with a specific Google Cloud project and location. This path requires setting
`enterprise: true` when you initialize the SDK.

Both paths use the same `GoogleGenAI` client and SDK methods; the main
difference is how the client is initialized and authenticated.

</details>

### Gemini Developer API

For server-side applications, initialize using an API key, which can
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