# Vikas Anand

> Vikas Anand is director of Product at AI-native developer platform. Antigravity CLI, Firebase Cloud Messaging and Gemini CLI on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-27

Director of Product, AI-native developer platform.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikasanandsf/

## What Vikas builds

- [Antigravity CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/antigravity-cli.md), graded C, 57.7/100, in Agent harnesses. Google's terminal agent for coding tasks, distributed as a closed-source binary and installed as agy. It replaces Gemini CLI for consumer accounts. Director of Product, AI-native developer platform, researched 2026-10-26.
- [Firebase Cloud Messaging](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firebase-cloud-messaging.md), graded B, 69.9/100, in Notifications. Google's push messaging service for Android, Apple and web apps. A server sends notification or data messages to devices, topics or conditions through the HTTP v1 API or the Firebase Admin SDKs. Director of Product, AI-native developer platform, researched 2026-10-26.
- [Gemini CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-cli.md), graded B, 66.8/100, in Agent harnesses. Google's open-source coding agent for the terminal, in TypeScript on Node 20 or newer. Director of Product, AI-native developer platform, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Adam Roberts](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/adam-roberts/), Principal Scientist, Google DeepMind; Lyria RealTime coauthor
- [Ali H. Çevik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ali-h-cevik/), Product Lead for Gemini API
- [Andrea Agostinelli](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrea-agostinelli/), Staff Research Engineer, Google DeepMind; Lyria model developer
- [Andreas R.](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andreas-r/), Staff Software Engineer / Technical Lead, Gmail API and MCP
- [Antoine Caillon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/antoine-caillon/), Research Scientist, Google DeepMind; Lyria RealTime coauthor
- [Hadas Asscher](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/hadas-asscher/), Product Manager, Weather API and Google Geo Sustainability
- [Kai Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kai-wu/), Software Engineer, Firebase Cloud Messaging; agentic infrastructure
- [Larry Page](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/larry-page/), Co-founder, Google
- [Sergey Brin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sergey-brin/), Co-founder, Google
- [Shrestha Basu Mallick](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shrestha-basu-mallick/), Product Lead, Gemini Enterprise
- [Srinath Padmanabhan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/srinath-padmanabhan/), Product Manager, Google Cloud IDE Plugins; Gemini CLI product contributor
- [Sudev Bohra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sudev-bohra/), Engineering lead, Gmail Storage, MCP/API and AI Backend
- [Taylor Mullen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/taylor-mullen/), Gemini CLI creator/former lead; now Principal Engineer, Google DeepMind
- [Tulsee Doshi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tulsee-doshi/), Senior Director and Head of Product, Gemini Model
- [Yael Maguire](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yael-maguire/), VP and General Manager, Google Maps Platform and Google Earth
- [Yang Guo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yang-guo/), Engineering lead, Chrome Developer Experience

## Questions

### Who is Vikas Anand?

Vikas Anand is director of Product at AI-native developer platform.

### What does Google make?

Anchor Terminal lists Antigravity CLI, Firebase Cloud Messaging and Gemini CLI from Google. Google's terminal agent for coding tasks, distributed as a closed-source binary and installed as agy. It replaces Gemini CLI for consumer accounts.

### How are Vikas's tools graded?

Antigravity CLI is graded C, 57.7 out of 100; Firebase Cloud Messaging is graded B, 69.9 out of 100; Gemini CLI is graded B, 66.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikasanandsf/
- https://about.google/intl/ALL_en/our-story/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/google
- https://x.com/Google
- https://antigravity.google/support
- https://firebase.blog/posts/2023/08/fcm-for-safari
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/zwu52/
- https://firebase.google.com/support
- https://firebase.google.com/support/troubleshooter/contact
- https://firebase.google.com/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ntaylormullen/details/experience/
- https://developers.googleblog.com/an-important-update-transitioning-gemini-cli-to-antigravity-cli
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ntaylormullen
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/srithreepo/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/srithreepo/details/experience/
- https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
- https://www.geminicli.com/docs/resources/troubleshooting

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