AI Launch Profile

Gemini 4 Carbon

Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon on October 28, 2026. Access starts with a subset of cyber defenders and is to expand gradually to trusted Fairwind partners. The announcement describes broader developer, business and consumer access as a future step.

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At a glance

Launch Snapshot

Company: Google
Launch date: October 28, 2026
Launch type: Model Release
Category: AI Models
Audience: Developers, Enterprises
Pricing: Announced introductory API rates are US$2 per million input tokens and US$10 per million output tokens, with cached input 95% below the input rate. Google lists later rates of US$4 and US$20 after the introductory period, without a confirmed expiry here. These announced rates do not establish a generally callable public API.
Free plan: Not publicly confirmed
API: Not publicly confirmed
Open weights/source: Not publicly confirmed

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Verification & Sources

Evidence state: Source-verified
Source links: 2
Freshness: Checked October 29, 2026
Last verified: October 29, 2026
Last updated: October 29, 2026

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Key source checks

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Kingy AI Take

Gemini 4 Carbon is currently relevant to teams admitted to Google’s controlled cyber-defense rollout. Broader developer, business and consumer access is a future step. Confirm an actual enrollment path and applicable rates before committing a workflow; the announced introductory price does not establish public API availability.

Who it is for

Developers, Enterprises

What feels promising

The access restriction changes what readers can do now: eligible defense teams can follow the managed rollout, while other developers should plan around confirmed access rather than an announced price alone.

What feels unproven

No hands-on test was performed. Access eligibility, timing and account-level availability remain subject to Google’s controlled rollout. No general availability claim is made.

Source-backed record

Evidence sources

Official site blog.google Source deepmind.google