Google unveils its flagship “AI Futures Fund” program in a bid to introduce the world to the innovative and transformative ideas being shaped using AI. Through this, Google aims to facilitate early access to Google DeepMind's latest AI models as well as resources, technical expertise, and equity funding to the startups selected under the program. It offers Google’s most advanced AI models, like Gemini, Imagen for image generation, and Veo for video generation. Under this, the startups can get hands-on support from researchers, engineers, product managers, designers, and go-to-market specialists from Google DeepMind and Google Labs.

Toonsutra, the Indian comic app, is also one of the companies in the program. It uses Gemini’s translation capabilities to make digital comics accessible across India's diverse linguistic landscape. Other companies in the league include Viggle, an AI meme-making platform, and Rooms, a platform where users create, play, and share interactive 3D spaces, among others. 

How’s Toonsutra innovating with AI? 

Toonsutra, the leading digital comic and webtoon platform in India, is a prime example of new-age AI innovation. The company is currently prototyping with translation capabilities of Gemini 2.0 Flash to make their vast library of comics accessible to a diverse, multilingual audience. Eventually, demonstrate how cutting-edge AI can break down language barriers and foster a more inclusive and vibrant community of comic lovers. 

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Toonsutra: No Language Barrier

The app aims to bring the joy of comics and webtoons to every corner of India by offering content in a wide range of regional languages. With a catalog of over 3,100 titles and 250,000+ episodes, Toonsutra features a mix of global hits and homegrown favorites. By prioritizing linguistic inclusivity, it creates a reading experience where language is no longer a barrier.

Toonsutra: AI Facilitating Emotions

Gemini 2.0 Flash is helping the company with advantages beyond translation. The AI model helps the creators in capturing the cultural essence of the specific stories accurately. It enables them to communicate content like humor, emotion, and cultural references in translation properly, further enabling the company to preserve the integrity of the stories. 

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Toonsutra: Best Comic Experience 

“With Gemini 2.0 Flash, we finally have AI tools to help make that vision a reality and allow Indian readers the power to experience the best comic stories from India and the world, regardless of their language,” says Sharad Devarajan, co-founder and chairman of Toonsutra. 

Gemini 2.0 is helping the company in various ways, including increasing efficiency and optimizing costs to invest in some better opportunities further. AI is helping the company witness a streamlined workflow with low investment in the workforce. Other than this, its vision and language understanding ensure more accurate and consistent translations across different languages, maintaining the quality of the storytelling. Its ability to process both text and images allows it to understand the context of each panel, leading to more accurate translations.