I live in the Republic of Moldova - a small country bordering Romania and Ukraine. I was looking forward to purchasing the subscription when Gemini 2.0 Advanced would come out, but I found out that the Gemini API and Google AI Studio aren’t available in my country. I get redirected to this page: Available regions for Google AI Studio and Gemini API | Google AI for Developers
Out of 200+ countries, mine isn’t there. It suggests Vertex AI, but isn’t that for enterprise and more complicated? Would an API also be available? I’m quite the beginner when it comes to programming, AI, and cloud services.
Does anyone have an explanation or a guess on why that’s the case?
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There may be some regional restrictions and regulations that may affect the availability of Gemini API and AI Studio in certain countries.
From the page you shared, you can refer to the terms of service for some requirements. You will also observe the link Gemini API in Vertex AI where you would observe some use cases.
I’ve also shared the Vertex AI API documentation for your reference.