A decade of development

February 2016

Google Cloud launches Cloud Vision API in public beta, enabling developers to add image recognition features like object detection and OCR to applications

June 2018

Google Cloud unveils the Video Intelligence API, expanding computer vision AI capabilities from images to video content analysis

May 2021

Vertex AI platform debuts, allowing businesses to build custom computer vision models with Google’ s scalable infrastructure support

March 2023

Integration of Gen AI models such as Gemini Pro Vision into Google Cloud Vision AI enhances visual understanding and data extraction

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