Google Airs Ad Imagining Founders Drafting Declaration With Gemini

On July 4, 2026, U.S. Independence Day, Google released a commercial depicting a fictional scenario in which the Founding Fathers draft the Declaration of Independence using Google Workspace and Gemini AI. Carrying the tagline "Group project, but make it 1776," the spot opens with Thomas Jefferson working on a draft in Google Docs, then unfolds into a text nudge from Ben Franklin, editing suggestions inside Docs, a meeting set in Google Calendar, and a remote Google Meet call with everyone's cameras off. Gemini's "help me visualize" feature is used to try out animal candidates for the national seal, while Gemini also drafts meeting notes and advises on denying King George III access to a document. It closes with an e-signature and fireworks (TechCrunch).