Sundar Pichai tries Gemini AI trend, celebrating Nano Banana’s “5 billion” milestone

Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently tried the Gemini AI trend with a special visual created using Nano Banana.

Pichai shared a photo showing him as a 3D figurine - a viral picture trend people have used since the launch of the tech giant’s latest image editing AI tool.

The milestone of the trend was mentioned by Josh Woodward, VP, Google Labs, Gemini, & AI Studio.

Woodward wrote on X, “Gemini just passed 5 billion images in less than a month. What a ride, still going! Latest trend: retro selfies of you holding a baby version of you. Can't make this stuff up!

Pichai reacted to this tweet with an image: “Make that 5 billion and 1.” 

Make that 5 billion and 1 😂 https://t.co/3HDKDY3T0Fpic.twitter.com/EQin9fpZuE

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) September 24, 2025

What is the ‘Nano Banana 3D figurine' trend?

Google described the ‘Nano Banana 3D figurine' trendas a way in which users can turn any photo into a figurine style in just one prompt.

“People are having fun turning their photos into images of custom miniature figures, thanks to nano-banana in Gemini. Try a pic of yourself, a cool nature shot, a family photo, or a shot of your pup,” Google wrote on X.

The tech giant also suggested a prompt to generate this AI visual:

“Create a 1/7 scale commercialized figurine of the characters in the picture, in a realistic style, in a real environment. The figurine is placed on a computer desk. The figurine has a round transparent acrylic base, with no text on the base. The content on the computer screen is a 3D modeling process of this figurine. Next to the computer screen is a toy packaging box, designed in a style reminiscent of high-quality collectible figures, printed with original artwork. The packaging features two-dimensional flat illustrations.”

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