Galileo: The UI Design Generator For Product Teams

Galileo AI launched in 2023 as a text-to-UI generator — describe a screen, get a polished mockup exportable to Figma. In 2024 Google acquired the Galileo team, and its technology was folded into Google's Stitch product for UI generation inside the Google ecosystem. By April 2026 'Galileo' primarily refers to the Google Stitch features it powers, though some independent tools using the Galileo brand still exist for specific use cases.

• Prompt-to-screen — 'a Spotify-style mobile player with dark mode' produces a credible mockup.
• Figma export — exports to editable Figma frames with proper auto-layout.
• Design system hints — understands popular systems like Material, iOS HIG, Tailwind.
• Works for iOS, Android, web, and SaaS dashboard layouts.
• Through Google Stitch, integrates with Gemini for iterative refinement.

• Brand identity — output defaults to Google-ish aesthetics post-acquisition.
• Complex flows — single screens are great; multi-screen flows are disjointed.
• Component libraries — doesn't use your custom components by default.
• The independent Galileo.ai product has become less actively maintained.
• Tied to Google ecosystem for the good version — complicates multi-platform teams.

• Google Stitch (primary access to Galileo tech): Bundled with Google AI Pro ($20/month) or Google Workspace Business plans.
• Legacy galileo.ai site: Free trial, $29/month Pro, $59/month for team features (reduced active development).
• Enterprise: Available via Google Cloud Vertex for API access.

Who should bother: Google Workspace shops, PMs and designers prototyping quickly, teams using Material Design or iOS defaults. Who shouldn't: companies with custom design systems they need respected, teams avoiding Google lock-in, anyone needing the most-actively-improved tool (Uizard and Figma AI have been iterating faster). Galileo's story is a case study in what happens when a promising AI design tool gets absorbed into Big Tech.