Apple's next-gen Foundation Models were built in collaboration with Google Gemini. Small Business Program developers get free cloud API access. Core AI framework lets you run full LLMs locally on Apple Silicon.
In a notable collaboration, Apple revealed at WWDC 2026 that its next-generation Foundation Models were built in partnership with Google and Gemini models. The models power on-device and server-side AI features across Apple platforms, and small developers get free cloud API access.
Apple's Foundation Models framework now serves as a single native Swift API that supports:
For developers wanting to ship their own custom models, Core AI is a new framework optimized for Apple Silicon's unified memory and Neural Engine. It's designed to be the best way to run full-scale LLMs on-device, no cloud dependency, no API costs, complete privacy.
Developers enrolled in the App Store Small Business Program (under 2 million first-time downloads) get access to Apple Foundation Models running on Private Cloud Compute at no cloud API cost. This is a strategic play to keep indie developers building for Apple platforms rather than defecting to web or cross-platform alternatives where AI APIs are pay-per-token.
Apple building models with Google rather than competing alone signals a pragmatic shift. Apple brings on-device optimization and privacy infrastructure; Google brings model training expertise at scale. The result: Apple developers get state-of-the-art models without Apple having to match OpenAI or Anthropic's training investments alone.
Apple's AI strategy is now clear: partner for model training, own the on-device runtime, and give small developers free access to keep the ecosystem growing. If you're an indie Apple developer, you just got access to production LLMs at zero incremental cost.
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