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Gemini 4 Argonlatest release · Oct 13
Gemini
TopicsBusiness

Model chronicle · Gemini

  1. Gemini 4 Argon

    1.05M context · $2 / $10 per 1M tokens

    Google's most capable model for complex coding, agentic, math and science tasks.

    ai.google.dev (source, opens in a new tab)

  2. Gemini 3.8 Flash

    1.05M context · $0.75 / $3.75 per 1M tokens

    ai.google.dev (source, opens in a new tab)

  3. Gemini 3.7 Flash

    1.05M context · $0.75 / $3.75 per 1M tokens

    ai.google.dev (source, opens in a new tab)

  4. Gemini 3.6 Flash & 3.5 Flash-Lite

    1.05M context · $0.75 / $3.75 per 1M tokens

    ai.google.dev (source, opens in a new tab)

  5. Gemini 3.5 Flash

    1.05M context · $1.5 / $9 per 1M tokens

    Launched at I/O 2026 as the first Gemini 3.5 model; Google later dropped the planned 3.5 Pro.

    blog.google (source, opens in a new tab)

  6. Gemma 4

    open weights

    ai.google.dev (source, opens in a new tab)

  7. Gemini 3.1 Pro

    1.05M context · $2 / $12 per 1M tokens

    Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview; replaced Gemini 3 Pro Preview.

    ai.google.dev (source, opens in a new tab)

  8. Gemini 3 Flash

    1.05M context · $0.5 / $3 per 1M tokens

    ai.google.dev (source, opens in a new tab)

  9. Gemini 3 Pro

    1.05M context · $2 / $12 per 1M tokens

    First Gemini 3 model; shipped in Search (AI Mode) on day one, plus Gemini 3 Deep Think for testers.

    blog.google (source, opens in a new tab)

  10. Gemini 2.5 Pro & 2.5 Flash (stable)

    1.05M context · $1.25 / $10 per 1M tokens

    ai.google.dev (source, opens in a new tab)
Full Gemini timeline ›

Sources: company announcements & release notes.

Fact box

HQ
Mountain View, USA
Founded
1998
CEO
Sundar Pichai (Google & Alphabet)
Core products
Gemini · Google DeepMind · Vertex AI · TPUs
Stories
437

Sources: about.google, abc.xyz

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Google DeepMind · @GoogleDeepMind

  1. Using a single Nano Banana image and Blender MCP, Gemini 4 Argon built a 3D Gothic cathedral in @Antigravity. It iterates on the geometry, textures, and lighting to create the finished scene.

    · 2.4K likes · 180 reposts · View on X (opens in a new tab)

  2. Not all forests are equal, and now we can map the difference. 🌳 Meet Forest Typology (ForTy): a 10m map of natural, planted, and farmed forests to help identify deforestation and protect the forests that matter most. 🧵

    · 878 likes · 123 reposts · View on X (opens in a new tab)

  3. Gemini 4 Argon combined three open-source datasets to build an interactive 3D visualization of human anatomy. Toggle different layers in motion, isolate muscles, or zoom inside a beating heart.

    · 3.1K likes · 305 reposts · View on X (opens in a new tab)

  4. Gemini 4 Argon built a 3D periodic table synced to Tom Lehrer’s song, “The Elements.” Created in @Antigravity, it animates orbiting electrons, atomic data, and light spectra.

    · 4.7K likes · 559 reposts · View on X (opens in a new tab)

  5. Four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft from scratch in 27 hours. Operating in a sandbox using only code and text, they wrote 2,783 programs, divided up jobs over chat, shared notes, and debugged errors together – all with no human help ↓

    · 2.6K likes · 211 reposts · View on X (opens in a new tab)

Editor's picks

  1. Google Expands ADK to Go, TypeScript, Java and Kotlin
  2. Responsible AI: From Principles to Enterprise Compliance Tools
  3. Anthropic Revenue Leak: $16.8B Q3 2026 With Hyperscaler Risks
  4. Enterprise AI Assistants 2026: Integration Beats Benchmarks

Deals & funding

Google · rounds, valuations, partners, acquisitions · latest 8 of 17

  1. Partnership

    Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for Colossus compute (~$30B through 2029)

    With Google · Compute · $30B

    Per SpaceX's SEC filing: about 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs from October 2026 to June 2029, ramping through September at a reduced fee; either side may terminate after Dec 31, 2026 with 90 days' notice (CNBC, Bloomberg).

    cnbc.com (source, opens in a new tab)

  2. Partnership

    Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic ($10B now)

    With Anthropic · Investment · $40B

    Google commits $10B in cash now and up to $30B more tied to performance milestones; confirmed by both companies. Before the deal Google had invested over $3B and reportedly held ~14% (CNBC, Reuters).

    cnbc.com (source, opens in a new tab)

  3. Partnership

    Google and Broadcom: multiple GW of next-gen TPUs for Anthropic (~3.5 GW via Broadcom from 2027)

    With Google, Broadcom · Compute

    Expands the Oct 2025 TPU deal. Broadcom's 8-K: Anthropic will access ~3.5 GW through Broadcom starting 2027. Mostly US-sited, part of Anthropic's $50B US infrastructure pledge.

    anthropic.com (source, opens in a new tab)

  4. Acquisition

    Google completes $32B Wiz acquisition, its largest ever

    Acquires Wiz · $32B

    blog.google (source, opens in a new tab)

  5. Partnership

    Apple picks Gemini to power new Siri and Apple Foundation Models

    With Apple · Integration

    Multi-year deal: Gemini models and Google cloud technology underpin future Apple Foundation Models incl. a more personal Siri. Terms not disclosed; Bloomberg reported ~$1B a year.

    blog.google (source, opens in a new tab)

  6. Partnership

    Anthropic expands Google Cloud TPU deal to up to one million chips

    With Anthropic · Compute

    anthropic.com (source, opens in a new tab)

  7. Partnership

    Google Cloud wins $10B+ six-year cloud deal with Meta

    With Google Cloud · Cloud · $10B

    reuters.com (source, opens in a new tab)

  8. Partnership

    Pentagon CDAO awards Anthropic, Google and xAI contracts of up to $200M each

    With US Department of Defense (CDAO), Anthropic +1 · Government · $600M

    ai.mil (source, opens in a new tab)
All 17 rounds & deals as a table · 0 funding, 14 partnerships, 3 acquisitions
DateEventTypeCounterparty / roundAmountValuationSource
Jun 5, 2026Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for Colossus compute (~$30B through 2029)
Per SpaceX's SEC filing: about 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs from October 2026 to June 2029, ramping through September at a reduced fee; either side may terminate after Dec 31, 2026 with 90 days' notice (CNBC, Bloomberg).		Partnership · computewith Google$30B—cnbc.com
Apr 24, 2026Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic ($10B now)
Google commits $10B in cash now and up to $30B more tied to performance milestones; confirmed by both companies. Before the deal Google had invested over $3B and reportedly held ~14% (CNBC, Reuters).		Partnership · investmentwith Anthropic$40B—cnbc.com
Apr 6, 2026Google and Broadcom: multiple GW of next-gen TPUs for Anthropic (~3.5 GW via Broadcom from 2027)
Expands the Oct 2025 TPU deal. Broadcom's 8-K: Anthropic will access ~3.5 GW through Broadcom starting 2027. Mostly US-sited, part of Anthropic's $50B US infrastructure pledge.		Partnership · computewith Google, Broadcom——anthropic.com
Mar 11, 2026Google completes $32B Wiz acquisition, its largest ever
All-cash deal announced March 2025 closes after US (Nov 2025) and unconditional EU (Feb 10, 2026) clearance; Wiz joins Google Cloud and keeps its brand and multicloud support.		Acquisitionacquires Wiz$32B—blog.google
Jan 12, 2026Apple picks Gemini to power new Siri and Apple Foundation Models
Multi-year deal: Gemini models and Google cloud technology underpin future Apple Foundation Models incl. a more personal Siri. Terms not disclosed; Bloomberg reported ~$1B a year.		Partnership · integrationwith Apple——blog.google
Oct 23, 2025Anthropic expands Google Cloud TPU deal to up to one million chips
Access to up to one million Google TPUs; well over a gigawatt of capacity coming online in 2026, worth tens of billions of dollars.		Partnership · computewith Anthropic——anthropic.com
Aug 21, 2025Google Cloud wins $10B+ six-year cloud deal with Meta
Meta uses Google Cloud servers, storage and networking for AI over six years (Reuters, The Information).		Partnership · cloudwith Google Cloud$10B—reuters.com
Jul 14, 2025Pentagon CDAO awards Anthropic, Google and xAI contracts of up to $200M each
Each award has a $200M ceiling to develop agentic AI workflows for national-security missions; OpenAI received a similar award on June 16, 2025. xAI simultaneously launched Grok for Government.		Partnership · governmentwith US Department of Defense (CDAO), Anthropic +1$600M—ai.mil
Jul 11, 2025Google licenses Windsurf technology and hires its leaders
Google hires Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan and key staff and licenses the technology (reported $2.4B) after OpenAI's acquisition talks collapsed.		Partnership · licensingwith Windsurf$2.4B—techcrunch.com
May 2025OpenAI adds Google Cloud as compute supplier
Deal finalized in May 2025 (Reuters); OpenAI later listed Google Cloud among its compute suppliers and began renting Google TPUs. CoreWeave supplies part of the capacity Google resells.		Partnership · cloudwith OpenAI——reuters.com
Mar 18, 2025Google acquires Wiz for $32B
Announced 18 Mar 2025; completed 11 Mar 2026. Wiz joins Google Cloud and keeps its brand.		Acquisitionacquires Wiz$32B—blog.google
Jan 22, 2025Google agrees to new $1B investment in Anthropic
Adds to Google's earlier $2B commitment (CNBC, Financial Times).		Partnership · investmentwith Google$1B—cnbc.com
Aug 2, 2024Google licenses Character.AI technology, hires its founders
Non-exclusive licence to Character.AI's LLM technology; co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas join Google DeepMind. Payment reported at about $2.7B (WSJ); terms not officially disclosed.		Partnership · licensingwith Character.AI$2.7B—reuters.com
Feb 22, 2024Reddit licenses its content to Google for AI training (~$60M a year)
Google gets Reddit's Data API for real-time content in Search and model training; Reuters reported the deal at about $60M per year (not confirmed by the companies).		Partnership · contentwith Reddit$60M—blog.google
Oct 27, 2023Google agrees to invest up to $2B in Anthropic
$500M upfront and $1.5B over time (WSJ/Reuters); comes a month after Amazon's up-to-$4B commitment.		Partnership · investmentwith Google$2B—reuters.com
Feb 3, 2023Google Cloud becomes Anthropic’s preferred cloud; Google takes ~10% stake (~$300M, reported)
Anthropic trains and serves Claude on Google Cloud TPUs/GPUs. The Financial Times reported Google invested about $300M for roughly 10%.		Partnership · cloudwith Google Cloud$300M—anthropic.com
Jan 26, 2014Google acquires DeepMind (reported ~$500M)
London AI lab founded by Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman; price not disclosed, widely reported at about $500M (£400M). Became Google DeepMind after the 2023 merger with Google Brain.		Acquisitionacquires DeepMind Technologies$500M—theguardian.com

Sources: company announcements & release notes, press reports.

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ModelReleasedContextMax outputPrice in / out (per 1M)ModalitiesKnowledge cutoffLicense / accessSpec source
Gemini 4 ArgonOct 13, 20261.05M66K$2 / $10
cached $0.1
Promo price until 30 Nov 2026, then $4 in / $20 out. Up to 1M output with long decode. Not on free tier.		Text, image, video, audio, PDF in → text out—Proprietary (API & app)ai.google.dev
Gemini 3.8 FlashSep 2, 20261.05M66K$0.75 / $3.75
cached $0.075
Promo price until 31 Dec 2026, then $1.50 in / $7.50 out.		Text, image, video, audio, PDF in → text out—Proprietary (API & app)ai.google.dev
Gemini 3.7 FlashAug 13, 20261.05M66K$0.75 / $3.75
cached $0.075
Vertex AI list price (global), introductory until 31 Dec 2026, then $1.50/$7.50; cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/pricing, accessed 2026-10-22. OpenRouter lists the same.		Text, image, video, audio, PDF in → text out—Proprietary (API & app)ai.google.dev
Gemini 3.6 Flash & 3.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite		Jul 21, 20261.05M66K$0.75 / $3.75
cached $0.075
Promo price until 31 Dec 2026 (then $1.50/$7.50). 3.5 Flash-Lite: $0.30/$2.50.		Text, image, video, audio, PDF in → text out—Proprietary (API & app)ai.google.dev
Gemini 3.5 FlashMay 19, 20261.05M66K$1.5 / $9
cached $0.15
Vertex AI list price (global endpoint), cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/pricing, accessed 2026-10-22; non-global $1.65/$9.90. No longer on the Gemini API pricing page.		Text, image, video, audio, PDF in → text out—Proprietary (API & app)ai.google.dev
Gemma 4Apr 2, 2026——open weightsText, image in → text out—Open weights (Gemma license)
26B A4B MoE and 31B dense		ai.google.dev
Gemini 3.1 ProFeb 19, 20261.05M66K$2 / $12
cached $0.2
Prompts >200K: $4 in / $18 out.		Text, image, video, audio, PDF in → text out—Proprietary (API & app)ai.google.dev
Gemini 3 FlashDec 17, 20251.05M66K$0.5 / $3
cached $0.05
Audio input $1.00. Batch −50%.		Text, image, video, audio, PDF in → text out—Proprietary (API & app)ai.google.dev
Gemini 3 ProNov 18, 20251.05M66K$2 / $12
cached $0.2
Prompts >200K: $4 in / $18 out. Preview replaced by Gemini 3.1 Pro.		Text, image, video, audio, PDF in → text outJan 2025Proprietary (API & app)ai.google.dev
Gemini 2.5 Pro & 2.5 Flash (stable)
Gemini 2.5 Pro, 2.5 Flash (GA), 2.5 Flash-Lite (preview)		Jun 17, 20251.05M66K$1.25 / $10
cached $0.13
2.5 Flash: $0.30/$2.50 · 2.5 Flash-Lite: $0.10/$0.40.		Text, image, video, audio, PDF in → text outJan 2025Proprietary (API & app)ai.google.dev
Vendor benchmark claims
  • Gemini 3 Pro: Humanity's Last Exam 37.5% without tools (vendor claim) · LMArena 1501 Elo (vendor claim)

Benchmarks as published by the vendor at launch; not independently verified by i10x.

Sources: company announcements & release notes. Prices = standard API list price in USD per 1M tokens at time of release or current docs; batch is typically 50% off.

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