I m growing a small SaaS. And cloud costs are starting to hurt. I keep hearing about founders stacking $100-300k in Google Cloud credits, but all the advice feels vague or locked behind big-name accelerators.
Where did you actually get credits?
Any creative hacks or things to avoid?
If you ve cracked this, I d love to hear what worked.
And if you re still figuring it out too, just drop a comment. If I ve gathered some useful stuff, I'll be happy to share.
Excited to see ProducerAI joining @Google Labs ๐ถ
As someone whoโs been closely tracking the evolution of generative music especially whatโs happening with @Beatoven.ai @Lyria 3 by Google Deepmind, this feels like a meaningful step forward for creative tooling.
What impresses me most isnโt just the โmake a lofi beatโ magic. Itโs the creative control layer: tempo control, time-aligned lyrics, modular Spaces, even custom instrument creation via natural language. That signals a shift from โAI generates a trackโ โ to โAI becomes a co-producer.โ
The fact that itโs powered by Gemini + Lyria 3 (and backed by DeepMind research) gives it serious technical depth, but what stands out to me is the musician-first philosophy. Built with real artists. Focused on expression, not just output.
AI music tools often feel like novelty generators. ProducerAI feels like itโs trying to be a creative collaborator.
Very curious to see:
How advanced users push the modular audio patching
Whether this becomes part of pro workflows (DAWs, YouTube creators, indie producers)
And how Spaces evolves as a remixable mini-app ecosystem
This is the kind of AI x creativity direction I love hunting on PH. :)