The Google AI Challenge
If Google’s AI can’t do it, you don’t pay.
One real task from your business. One hour, live, in Google’s AI stack. We agree what “done” means in writing before we start. If we cannot hit it, you get a full refund and we tell you which platform will.
NZ$495
One task. Four challenges a month. Full refund if the agreed criteria are not met.
How it works
Send the task
Email hello@maintainai.co.nz with the subject “Google AI Challenge” and one paragraph: what you want done, what data is involved, and what “done” looks like.
We agree the criteria
Before you pay, we send written acceptance criteria and constraints. If we already know Google’s AI cannot do it, we decline, tell you why, and charge nothing.
The session
60 minutes, screen-shared, live. You watch it happen in Google’s products — Gemini, Gemini Enterprise, Workspace, AI Studio or Antigravity — not a slide deck.
The verdict
Written within two business days: what worked, what did not, what we would build, and — if Google is not the answer — what is.
What you get
- A 60-minute live working session on your own task
- Written acceptance criteria and constraints, before payment
- A written verdict within two business days
- The working method, prompt set or workflow — yours to keep if it passes
- Full credit of the fee against any build started within 60 days
The refund, exactly
No small print separate from the offer. This is the whole thing.
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Price | NZ$495 per challenge, one task per challenge. |
| The test | The written acceptance criteria and constraints we agree before the session. That document is the only test. |
| Fail | If we do not meet them using Google’s AI products, we refund the full fee by bank transfer within five business days and give you a written recommendation of an alternative. |
| Pass | The fee is credited in full against any build engagement started within 60 days. |
| Criteria changed afterwards | The guarantee does not apply. |
| Declined up front | If we discover before the session that Google’s AI cannot do it, we refund before we start and tell you what can. |
| Limits | One task per client per month, four challenges per month in total. The refund is limited to the challenge fee and is the sole remedy. |
| Not a fail | A Google outage, or data you cannot lawfully give us, means we reschedule rather than refund. |
| Your rights | Nothing in this offer limits your rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 or the Fair Trading Act 1986. |
What we cannot take on
- Work requiring licensed legal, medical, financial or immigration advice
- Anything unlawful, harmful, or designed to deceive people
- Anything needing physical hardware, installation or site work
- Tasks that depend on data you cannot lawfully provide
- A full software project dressed up as a one-hour job — we will say so, refund, and quote it properly instead
Why we can offer this
A fit test is cheap. A bad platform decision is not. We would rather lose a $495 fee than sell a build on the wrong foundation — and if Google is right, you have just watched it work on your own task, which is worth more than any case study.
Straight answers
What counts as “can’t do it”?
Missing the acceptance criteria we agreed in writing — for example a specific accuracy, format, turnaround, or data-residency requirement. Not “the output needed a second prompt” or “the UI is basic”.
Do I need to be a Google customer?
No. We can run the challenge on a trial or on our own licensed environment with a sample of your data. If it becomes a build, we scope the licences you actually need.
Can we use my real data?
Yes, if you can lawfully share it. For sensitive data we start with a redacted or synthetic sample and say so up front.
What if it half works?
Then we tell you it half works, show exactly what is missing, and quote the build. The fee still credits against that build. Only a genuine miss on the agreed criteria triggers the refund.
Can I just take the credit instead of the refund?
Yes. The credit is larger than the refund and valid for 60 days.
Send us the task you think Google can’t do
One paragraph. We will reply with criteria and a session time — or tell you honestly that Google is the wrong tool, for free.