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Re:Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration by lokar on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @08:51PM (#46226694)
A group of research universities should start a non-profit co-op to produce this for them.

Getting just the university of California should be enough critical mass.

Re:Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration by xmcqdpt2 on Thursday December 11, 2025 @07:55AM (#46230798)
Depends on the product. Some products just have a single supplier for the whole world over, because they are extremely specialized.

It's not uncommon though for eg departments to have common equipment that they negotiate together.