My Journey Through Google Cloud GenAI Academy APAC Edition Cohort 3 — 2026

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/google-io-writing-2026-05-19">Google I/O Writing Challenge</a></em></p> <h1> My First Experience Exploring

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/google-io-writing-2026-05-19">Google I/O Writing Challenge</a></em></p> <h2> The Moment That Stopped Me

<p>Campaign: Built as part of the Google Cloud Gen AI Academy APAC — "Meet the Builders" campaign.</p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong><br /> Hello community! My name is

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2>

<p>On April 30th I got an email from Google about something called GEAR, their new program for building AI agents using ADK, the Agent Development Kit. I signed up, watched the

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<p>🌟 Your App Idea: Mythical Pet Creator — Evolved Edition<br /> Let’s refine it into something unique, memorable, and fun to build.</p> <p>🐉 Refined Concept: “MythicPet Forge —

<h1> Google Remy and Meta Hatch: The Technical Architecture Behind 24/7 Personal AI Agents </h1> <p>Two big AI agent stories broke this week that every developer building on top