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0	3000	Google's Gemini AI just hit 1 billion
3000	4920	monthly users. And in the same week,
4920	7680	Google gave it 13 new powers. That's the
7680	10320	story today. Google's Gemini AI just
10320	12440	crossed 1 billion people using it every
12440	14320	month. Sundar Pichai announced it
14320	16160	himself. He called it the fastest
16160	17960	growing product in Google's 28-year
17960	20120	history. Not the fastest AI product, the
20120	22600	fastest product, period. Faster than
22600	25120	search, faster than Gmail, faster than
25120	27200	YouTube. Here's how fast. In May last
27200	30240	year, Gemini had 400 million users. By
30240	32640	this May, it hit 900 million. Then in
32640	35640	July, it was at 950 million. And in less
35640	37120	than a month after that, it crossed 1
37120	39560	billion. That last stretch from 950
39560	41960	million to 1 billion took Gemini about 2
41960	44880	weeks. 2 weeks to add 50 million people.
44880	47160	A year ago, an AI app crossing 400
47160	49520	million users felt huge. Now, Google is
49520	51400	adding tens of millions of users in a
51400	53160	matter of days. That's the curve we're
53160	55320	on. It's not slowing down. It's speeding
55320	56800	up. And Google isn't just celebrating
56800	59000	the number. They used that same week to
59000	61520	roll out two big changes to what Gemini
61520	62920	can actually do for you. The first
62920	65400	change is inside Gemini notebook. If you
65400	67320	don't know Gemini notebook, think of it
67320	69240	as a folder where you dump all your
69240	71440	research, documents, and notes, and the
71440	73680	AI reads through everything for you. It
73680	76120	used to be called notebook LM. Google
76120	78040	renamed it back in July. Now, here's the
78040	80160	new part. As of August 12th, you can
80160	82520	copy someone else's entire notebook, not
82520	84640	just their notes, their sources, too.
84640	87000	And any documents, guides, or summaries
87000	89080	the AI already built for them. Think
89080	91160	about what that actually means. Before
91160	92600	this, if a colleague built a great
92600	94360	research notebook, you could look at it,
94360	96280	but you couldn't easily make it your own
96280	97960	and build on top of it. Now, you click
97960	99840	one button, and the whole notebook,
99840	102200	sources, documents, everything becomes
102200	104000	yours to edit. Here's a one-sentence
104000	106800	example. Inside the AI Profit Boardroom,
106800	108920	if one of our coaches builds a notebook
108920	110880	packed with proven prompts and case
110880	112960	studies for automating client outreach,
112960	114640	any member can now copy that entire
114640	116680	notebook in one click and start
116680	118600	customizing it for their own business
118600	120520	the same day. That's the shift. A
120520	122160	notebook isn't just something you read
122160	123360	anymore. It's something you can
123360	125200	duplicate like a template and make your
125200	126840	own. Now, if you're watching this and
126840	128200	thinking, "I don't even know where to
128200	130080	start with tools like Gemini notebook."
130080	132000	That's exactly why we built the AI
132000	134440	Profit Boardroom. It's a community built
134440	136400	around learning to use tools like this
136400	138080	the right way, so you save real time in
138080	139880	your business instead of wasting hours
139880	141560	figuring it out alone. If you want a
141560	143400	walk-through on copying and customizing
143400	145320	an AI notebook for your own business,
145320	146840	specifically how to set it up so it
146840	148680	saves you hours on research and content
148680	150880	planning, that's inside the AI Profit
150880	152160	Boardroom right now. Link's in the
152160	153959	comments and description. Okay, back to
153959	155440	the second big change. This one is
155440	157680	bigger. Google is connecting Gemini to
157680	160560	13 outside apps, not next year, over the
160560	162360	next few weeks. Google announced this on
162360	164280	August 12th at their Made by Google
164280	166959	event. Here's the full list broken into
166959	169160	four groups. For work, Gemini connects
169160	172560	to Granola, Otter.ai, and Wix. For
172560	174320	booking things, it connects to Fever,
174320	176840	GetYourGuide, Localizer, OpenTable, and
176840	178880	Ticketmaster. For music, it connects to
178880	180720	iHeartRadio and Pandora. And for
180720	182560	everyday life, it connects to Angie,
182560	184800	Thumbtack, and Zocdoc. Let me explain
184800	186560	why this matters because on its own,
186560	188320	that list just sounds like logos. Right
188320	189920	now, if you want concert tickets, you
189920	192239	open Gemini, ask a question, then leave
192239	194120	Gemini, open a browser, search
194120	196320	Ticketmaster, find the show, and buy the
196320	198200	ticket. That's five steps across two
198200	200160	apps. Once this rolls out, you'll be
200160	202280	able to just ask Gemini directly, "Find
202280	203640	me a concert this weekend under a
203640	205720	certain price." And Gemini can pull real
205720	207280	Ticketmaster listings without you
207280	209480	leaving the conversation. Same idea with
209480	211840	OpenTable for booking a table, Zocdoc
211840	213800	for booking a doctor, and Wix for
213800	216320	editing a website. Here's a one-sentence
216320	218640	example. Say the AI Profit Boardroom
218640	220880	wanted a new landing page. With Wix
220880	222959	connected to Gemini, our team could
222959	224440	simply tell Gemini to update the
224440	226239	homepage headline to highlight our
226239	228480	weekly automation coaching calls, and it
228480	230400	edits the actual site. That's a real
230400	233640	shift from an AI you talk to into an AI
233640	235720	that can act on your behalf inside tools
235720	237800	you already use. Now, one honest caveat
237800	239680	because I don't want to overhype this,
239680	242080	Ticketmaster's OpenTable connection is
242080	244080	UK only for now, and Google's own
244080	246880	documentation says availability changes
246880	248880	depending on your country, your device,
248880	250440	and your account. So, don't expect every
250440	252320	one of these 13 apps to work for you on
252320	254240	day one. Some will roll out slower
254240	256120	depending on where you live.
256120	257840	There's also a bigger reason Google is
257840	260000	doing this. It's not random. Google has
260000	262200	a separate project called Gemini Spark.
262200	264240	Spark is built to work in the background
264240	267040	for you using tools like Gmail, Docs,
267040	269040	and now these connected apps without you
269040	270880	having to ask for every single step.
270880	273320	Spark can even use something called MCP,
273320	274800	which just means it can plug into other
274800	276280	tools that weren't built by Google at
276280	278400	all. Put those two things together, 1
278400	280840	billion users, and an AI that can now
280840	283320	act inside real apps, and you can see
283320	285200	where this is heading. Gemini isn't
285200	286640	trying to be the smartest chatbot
286640	288400	anymore. It's trying to become the one
288400	290400	place you go to get anything done. Let's
290400	291840	talk about who this actually helps
291840	293280	because that's more important than the
293280	295240	tech itself. If you're a student,
295240	297480	imagine your professor shares one master
297480	299320	notebook with every lecture, every
299320	301160	reading, and a study guide already
301160	302720	built. You copy the whole thing in one
302720	304480	click and build your own study plan
304480	306160	around it that night.
306160	307880	If you run a small business, imagine
307880	310160	connecting Gemini to Granola so every
310160	311360	client call gets summarized
311360	313160	automatically with the action items
313160	314880	ready before your next meeting. If
314880	316640	you're planning your weekend, you can
316640	318160	just tell Gemini what kind of evening
318160	319960	you want, and it can check real event
319960	322000	listings and real restaurant openings
322000	323400	without you juggling four different
323400	325400	apps. None of this needs you to know how
325400	327240	to code. None of it needs a technical
327240	329080	background. That's actually the point of
329080	331440	connected apps. Google built this for
331440	333040	regular people, not developers. Now,
333040	334680	here's the bigger picture because I
334680	336560	think this is the part people miss. For
336560	338800	years, AI meant one thing. You type a
338800	340640	question, it gives you an answer. That
340640	342840	was it. Now, we're watching AI move from
342840	344680	just answering questions to actually
344680	346760	doing tasks inside the apps you already
346760	350120	use, booking, editing, summarizing, all
350120	352480	from one conversation. And Google didn't
352480	354280	get here by accident. They got here
354280	356000	because Gemini already has 1 billion
356000	357800	people using it every month. That's the
357800	359800	distribution most companies would need
359800	361720	years to build. Google already had it.
361720	363880	So, when they add a new connected app,
363880	365840	it doesn't launch to a small test group.
365840	367600	It launches to a huge chunk of the world
367600	369160	at once. If you're a business owner
369160	370600	watching this, here's the honest
370600	372840	takeaway. The businesses that figure out
372840	375000	how to use tools like Gemini early are
375000	376760	going to move faster than the ones who
376760	378600	wait and see. Not because the tool is
378600	380640	magic, but because every week you're not
380640	382520	using it, someone else in your space
382520	384280	already is. So, what should you actually
384280	385960	do with this? If you're just getting
385960	388400	started with AI, open Gemini notebook
388400	390800	this week and try copying a public
390800	392840	notebook on a topic you care about just
392840	395320	to feel how the copy feature works.
395320	397280	If you already use Gemini regularly,
397280	399080	check your connected app settings over
399080	401000	the next few weeks as these 13
401000	402919	integrations roll out and turn on the
402919	404640	ones that match tools you already use
404640	406760	daily. If you run a business, start
406760	407919	thinking about which one of these
407919	410440	connected apps could remove a repetitive
410440	412480	task from your week. Meeting notes,
412480	414160	bookings, website edits, pick one and
414160	416120	test it. And if you manage a team, this
416120	418240	is worth a 5-minute conversation in your
418240	420280	next meeting. Not because everyone needs
420280	422280	to become an AI expert, but because the
422280	424480	tools your team uses every day are
424480	426520	quietly getting more capable. And it's
426520	428280	worth knowing what's available before
428280	430320	someone on your team stumbles onto it by
430320	432320	accident. If you want help figuring out
432320	434120	exactly how to use tools like Gemini
434120	436360	notebook and connected apps to save time
436360	438000	and grow your business, that's what we
438000	439840	do every week inside the AI Profit
439840	441400	Boardroom. We're already building a
441400	443400	walk-through on setting up Gemini's
443400	445320	connected apps specifically for lead
445320	447040	generation and client bookings, so
447040	448480	you're not guessing when it rolls out to
448480	450480	your account. Four coaching calls every
450480	452840	week, daily step-by-step tutorials the
452840	455320	moment new AI features like this launch,
455320	457240	a prompt library built for real business
457240	459760	use, not generic examples, and a member
459760	461800	map so you can connect with other
461800	463760	business owners near you who are testing
463760	465560	the same tools. Link is in the comments
465560	467120	and description or head to
467120	469550	aiprofitboardroom.com.
469550	469560	aiprofitboardroom.com.
469560	471160	And if you just want to start smaller,
471160	473560	free, no pressure, join the AI Success
473560	475600	Lab. It's our free community. And if you
475600	478000	want the full process, the SOPs, and
478000	480480	over 100 AI use cases like the ones I
480480	482200	covered today, that's exactly what's
482200	483600	inside. You'll get all the notes from
483600	485480	this video there, plus access to a
485480	487680	community of 75,000 members who are
487680	489640	already using tools like Gemini to get
489640	491120	ahead. Links in the comments and
491120	493360	description. Gemini just crossed 1
493360	495240	billion users, and it's only getting
495240	497080	more capable from here. The question
497080	498520	isn't whether tools like this become
498520	500080	part of how you run your day, it's
500080	501720	whether you start using them now or
501720	504640	catch up later.