NanoBanana 2 Lite
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Overview
Sub-4-second image generation at roughly 3 cents per 1,000 images, with quality above the original Nano Banana.
Generates
ImagesApp available
Details
- Vendor
- Google DeepMind
- Type
- Image Generation
- Release year
- 2026
- Jurisdiction
- USA
- CEO
- Koray Kavukcuoglu (SVP, day-to-day lead)
- Key staffers
- Demis Hassabis (Chair, GDM; Chief Scientist, Alphabet), Shane Legg (Co-Founder, Chief AGI Scientist), Lila Ibrahim (COO), Sundar Pichai (Alphabet CEO)
- Deployment
- Cloud (Gemini app + Interactions API)
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- Yes
- Subscription
- From $0.034 per 1,000 images.
- Stock status
- $400 (GOOGL, May 2026)
- X
- @GoogleDeepMind
Known safety issues
None publicly documented
AIDb Rating
AIDb v2.0 (curated): Capability 7/10 · Currency 10/10 · Access 7/10 · Significance 5/10 → 7.30
Last verified 2026-08-09 · Primary source ↗
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“NanoBanana 2 Lite.” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-08-09. https://theaidatabase.com/m/google-deepmind-nano-banana-2-lite.html
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