Building Agentic Apps with Flutter and Firebase Studio

In Partnership with Flutter Silicon Valley

If you're an application developer interested in learning how to use AI to build new kinds of app experiences, you've come to the right place! 

We're running a practical event to help devs get started putting AI to work in their apps. 

We'll build a live project - a travel app that generates a packing list based on the weather and destination. 

The Flutter + Genkit path
Genkit is an open-source toolkit designed to help you build AI-powered features in web and mobile apps. Its primary strength is its versatility and flexibility. Genkit offers a unified interface for integrating AI models from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, and more, so you can explore and choose the best models for your needs.

As a server-side toolkit, so you can make changes on the fly and end-users won't notice as long as the client-facing APIs stay the same. Additionally, because Genkit flows are deployed as standard HTTPS endpoints - either on a server or serverless - Genkit flows can be reachable by any client that can make a network call.

It also comes with support for a number of popular server-side languages: JavaScript, Python, and Go.

Whether you're building chatbots, intelligent agents, workflow automations, or recommendation systems, Genkit handles the complexity of AI integration so you can focus on creating incredible user experiences.

With the starter kit below, you can build something like this:

My Packing List: Pack Smarter, Not Harder.

Stressed about packing? Forget essentials? Wish someone could just do it for you? Say hello to My Packing List!

Tell the app:

Where you're going.

How long you'll be there.

Any attire needs (like "business formal" or "beach casual").

Our smart agent fetches the latest weather forecast for your destination and generates a personalized packing list tailored precisely to your trip!

But wait, there's more!

Interactive Checklist: Easily track what you already have packed. Customizable prompts and tools.

One-Tap Shopping: Missing a few items? Tap the "Buy Missing Items" button, and the agentic app handles the shopping for you! (Note: This demo simulates the shopping bit. Sorry, you won't be getting any Hawaiian shirts from building this app.)

Featured Speakers:
Jose Ruiz is Head of AI/ML at Picaio, where he leads the development of intelligent systems that automate tax workflows using agentic AI. Previously CTO at Sincero, a LATAM insurtech, he deployed Flutter across the company’s app ecosystem to deliver fast, reliable solutions. A long-time GDG collaborator, Jose is passionate about building useful, scalable tech - especially where mobile development meets real-world AI applications.

Jess Kuras is a technical writer at Google, currently working on documentation for Firebase Studio. With nearly 15 years of experience in tech, she has written for companies including Fitbit, Nest, and Wargaming America. Based in the Bay Area, she is a lifelong learner–taking classes to study everything from Japanese to hang gliding to mushroom foraging. She believes good technical writing has the power to demystify any complex concept, making it accessible to all.

Agenda

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Speakers

Jose Ruiz - Picaio (Head of ML/AI)

Jess Kuras - Google

Jess is a technical writer at Google, currently working on documentation for Firebase Studio.
With nearly 15 years of experience in tech, she has written for companies including Fitbit, Nest, and Wargaming America. Based in the Bay Area, she is a lifelong learner–taking classes to study everything from Japanese to hang gliding to mushroom foraging. She believes good technica…

Hosted By

Edward Choudhry, GDG Organizer

4xStartup 2nd time founder, Community Organizer and Lead for GDG MTV. CEO & Co-Founder of Barricade AI, Multimodal AI for Public Safety and First Response. Organizer of the first hackathon in the US - Super Happy Dev House, Check out my documentary I did on how you can take a hackathon and turn it in to a hacker space.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YprmMvHaWUM

Ishai Hachlili, Organizer

Jose Ruiz, Organizer

Sako M, Platform engineer

Sako M is a seasoned professional with 10+ years of experience in the field of technology. He has worked with more than ten companies in six countries, and he holds three master's degrees in different countries. He is currently based in San Francisco, California, and he is focused on AI, DevOps, Security, Open Source and building SaaS products.

Sako's passion for technology is evident in his work, and he is dedicated to using his skills and knowledge to generate value for all creatures in the world. He believes that as long as we give more than we take, the best is yet to come.

Sako has founded two open source projects called JobHax and GOUP. Currently he works at company called Gladly, where he is a Sr. Software Engineer. Before his current role at Gladly, he worked as a DevOps | Infrastructure Security Lead at OpenGov Inc., where he managed highly available software as a service and built infrastructure for continuous integration, automated software releases, and infrastructure automation. He has also worked as a Software Engineer at NGINX, Inc., and as an Industrial Cyber Security Researcher at Fraunhofer IOSB-INA.

Throughout his career, Sako has honed his skills in areas such as security, reliability, scalability, performance, cost optimization, operational excellence, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, and Linux-based servers. At Huawei Technologies, he worked as a service project manager, responsible for 24x7 of five service providers' network engineering teams' management, and as a system and network support team leader, where he worked on Customer Experience Management platform Operation&Maintenance Linux based servers and storage. He has also worked as a Core Network Planning Team Leader at Bakcell, where he led the Core Network Planning team.

Kyle Casterline,

Angeline Tan,

Angeline heads BLOCK71 Silicon Valley, a dynamic hub of the National University in Singapore in the U.S. where she develops cross border partnerships and collaborations in tech and innovation between Singapore, Asia and the U.S.

She identifies and attracts disruptive startups with high-growth potential, guides startups through the complexities of cross border markets, connects founders with key industry players and investors to provide strategic guidance on product development, go-to-market strategies, and fundraising.

Through BLOCK71 Silicon Valley, Angeline hosts several events monthly focusing on impact sectors to rally founders, investors and corporate executives in meaningful discussion, market discovery, product development and networking.

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-mountain-view-presents-building-agentic-apps-with-flutter-and-firebase-studio/.