Luka Turned 12 Google Drives into an AI Hub in 10 Minutes on Replit

Developer Luka faced a problem familiar to every growing company: employees get lost searching through 12 different Google Drives looking for information about processes, policies, and people. Instead of endless Slack requests and meetings, he decided to create an AI assistant — Grid. And he did it in 10 minutes on Replit.

Information Storage in Disarray

Every company has dozens of documents scattered across different cloud storage systems. Some contain organizational charts and seating schedules, others — expense policies and work-life balance guidelines, still others — processes and best practices. Employees don't know where to look and ask each other via Slack, in meetings, or by email. The result is wasted time and scattered information. Luka realized the problem was solvable if he could gather all the data in one place and teach AI to answer questions. No need for complex search — just a smart assistant that understands the question and finds the right document among hundreds of others.

Grid: Corporate AI Assistant

The solution is simple to describe in one phrase: Grid is a unified search across 12 Google Drives powered by AI. Employees don't need to remember where information is stored. Instead, they simply ask:

• What does my seating plan look like?
• What's our policy on remote work?
• How much can I spend on a conference?
• Who on the team specializes in DevOps?

Grid immediately searches across all Drives and provides a relevant answer. No need for intermediaries, no need for meetings — information becomes self-service.

From Prompt to Product in 10 Minutes

The most striking part of Luka's story is the speed of creation. He wrote a prompt on Replit describing how the AI should work with the Google Drive API, how to structure the search, how to format responses. And Replit turned that prompt into a working AI assistant in 10 minutes. This is possible because Replit integrates LLM, cloud storage, and code execution in one place. The developer doesn't need to write hundreds of lines of boilerplate, set up infrastructure, or configure deployment. He described the solution — the system implemented it. Previously, this would have required at least a week of work from an experienced backend developer, plus integration with Google Workspace, plus testing. Today, just one prompt.

What This Means

The world of corporate software is changing before our eyes. Previously, something like this required a team of engineers, weeks of development, and a large budget. Today, a single developer creates a solution in 10 minutes that saves employees hours per week. This is not an exception. This is the new normal — every developer becomes a mini-startup, capable of quickly delegating routine tasks to AI and integrating with any service.