Accounts, keys and money

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Getting a Google key for Veo

Lesson 3 of 7 in Accounts, keys and money.

Checked against the makers' documentation on 25 September 2026.

Get Your Gemini API Key in Google AI Studio EASY Tutorial · Google Cloud
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Open aistudio.google.com/apikey and sign in with the Google account that should own the bill. A new user gets a default Google Cloud project and a key made automatically once the terms are accepted. If you already use Google Cloud, AI Studio creates nothing, so open Dashboard, then Projects, press Import projects, pick one, and then press Create API key on the API Keys page. Rename the default project.

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Two doors to the same Google models: the Gemini Developer API with an AI Studio key, used in this course, and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, formerly Vertex AI, inside a Cloud project.
An ink drawing of two doors in a pale wall: a small red wooden door with a brass key in its lock, and a tall glass office door with a card reader beside it, the same yellow light spilling under both.
Two doors to the same models: an AI Studio key, or a Google Cloud project.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Google's web workspace for the Gemini API, where keys, projects and billing live.”

    • Auth key
    • Google AI Studio
    • Cloud project
    • Virtual environment
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The container every Gemini key belongs to. Billing attaches to the project.”

    • Secret scanning
    • Rotate
    • Cloud project
    • Revoke
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Google's newer key, bound to a service account and limited to the Gemini API.”

    • Billing lag
    • Prepaid credit
    • Alert
    • Auth key

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