Google launches its new AI model Gemini 4 Carbon for general availability

Google has opened general access to Gemini 4 Carbon, the most powerful AI model it introduced to cybersecurity defenders two weeks ago. The model launched with an introductory price of $2 per million input tokens, while a coordinated agent swarm feature was also previewed on the Antigravity platform.

Google has released Gemini 4 Carbon, which it describes as its most powerful artificial intelligence model, for general availability. Stating that the Argon model launched last month will remain ideal for software engineering and information tasks, the company designed the Carbon model for tasks that push the model's intelligence limits, such as complex, multi-step coding and open-ended scientific research.

The model has become accessible to paid developers and enterprises via the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and enterprise Gemini. Additionally, all Google AI Ultra subscribers can access this model in the Gemini app, AI Mode within search, and the Antigravity platform. It remains unclear when lower-tier subscribers or free users will gain access to the model.

Google is offering the Carbon model at a competitive level with an introductory price of $2 per input token million and $10 for output tokens. Although this pricing will double upon the expiration of the promotional period at the end of November, it will remain significantly cheaper per token than competing frontier models. Evaluation: While benchmarks shared by the company show that Carbon ranks among the most powerful models on the market, it should be kept in mind that these results may have been cherry-picked by the companies.