Do an AI Gateway cause DISQUALIFICATION?

Gemini API Developer Competition
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Hello Gemini community and competition organizers,

I’m excited about participating in the Gemini API Developer Competition and have a question regarding the use of the Gemini API in my project.

I’m developing Lumen as the application that integrates the Gemini API. However, I’m using an AI Gateway (specifically, Portkey) to enhance the developer experience with prompting. I find an AI Gateway useful for:

  1. Storing and managing prompts, improving them without changing the code
  2. Providing observability and analytics
  3. Do A/B testing
  4. Upgrade LLM models without touching the code

My Question

The competition rules state that projects must “integrate a publicly available Gemini model via the Gemini API.” I want to clarify:

  • Is it acceptable to use the Gemini API through an AI Gateway like Portkey?
  • If so, are there any specific requirements or limitations I should be aware of? Using Portkey prompts, in the code there is no proof that I’m using Gemini as AI provider…
  • Would using an AI Gateway affect the judging of my project in any way?

Additional Context

My intention is to leverage Portkey’s features to improve my application’s performance and user experience, while still fundamentally relying on the Gemini API for the core functionality.

I appreciate any guidance you can provide on this matter. Thank you for your time and for organizing this exciting competition!

Best regards

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Hello Moderators,

I’d like to respectfully request your attention on my previous post regarding the use of AI Gateways in the Gemini API Developer Competition. This question touches on some important aspects of modern AI development practices:

  1. Technical implementation: How strictly should “integration via the Gemini API” be interpreted?
  2. Developer tools: Are AI Gateways considered acceptable middleware?
  3. Judging criteria: How might the use of such tools impact project evaluation?

Your clarification on this matter would not only help me but could also benefit other participants facing similar questions. It may even warrant an update to the competition FAQs.

I appreciate your time and look forward to your insights.

Thank you.

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Hello moderators,

Any thoughts on the issues raised by @AG_AssetPlan ?
About AI ​​Gateway, and its implications, especially regarding items 1 and 2, also emerged as questions in my project.
Any clarification would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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