Introducing Google Cloud Vertex AI Extensions for .NET

In October 2024, Microsoft announced the Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions and Microsoft.Extensions.AI libraries for .NET. These libraries provide the .NET ecosystem with essential abstractions for integrating AI services into .NET applications from various providers such as Open AI, Azure, Google.

Today, we’re happy to announce the Google.Cloud.VertexAI.Extensions library. This is the Vertex AI implementation of Microsoft.Extensions.AI. This library enables .NET developers to integrate Google Gemini models on Vertex AI via the Microsoft.Extensions.AI abstractions. 

Note: This library is currently in pre-release/beta pending user feedback. Please reach out with any feedback you might have. 

Core benefits

• Unified API: Delivers a consistent set of APIs and conventions for integrating AI services into .NET applications.

• Flexibility: Allows .NET library authors to use AI services without being tied to a specific provider, making it adaptable to any provider.

• Ease of Use: Enables .NET developers ...