Release2026-09-30

Google announced Gemini 4 Argon. It is a new frontier model for coding, enterprise knowledge work and cyber defense. It will roll out soon. The model has a 1 million token context window. It will launch at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Cached input tokens are priced at 95% off. It is currently available to trusted cyber defenders through the Fairwind Program. Google is prioritizing safety and rigorous testing before a wider release. It excels at coding, financial research, legal drafting and autonomous cybersecurity patching. It sets new state-of-the-art scores on DeepSWE, Vals Index and other domain benchmarks. It ties for first on CWE-bench v1 with a 68% score. It is Google’s most resilient model yet against prompt injection attacks. It will be released without cyber guardrails for trusted defenders.

What changed

Gemini models had a 64K token output limit.

What it unlocks

Running one long chain of reasoning across a million tokens of context.

  • 1M token context window
  • $2 per million input tokens
  • $10 per million output tokens
  • 95% discount on cached input tokens

What you need to act on it

  • access via Fairwind Program
  • paid API tier or Google AI Ultra subscription

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