Rapid Prototyping with AI for Academic Researchers, Developers & Analysts

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Charles Elliott, Head of Industry at Google, and Shashank Agarwal, Software Engineer at Google Research.

The speakers explored how Google AI is transforming prototyping for researchers, educators, and analysts. They demonstrated how AI can accelerate the research process by automating data cleanup, analysis, and investigation while maintaining grounding—ensuring model outputs are connected to verifiable, factual sources. The session covered a structured API approach for educational LLMs, balancing innovation with control, accuracy, and pedagogical value. Attendees also learned how AI-powered code generation and ideation tools can help users build prototypes quickly with low-to-no code, and how AI enables analysts to automate tasks and extract deeper insights from data. The session showcased how AI can enhance productivity and streamline prototyping across varying skill levels.