# The New Stack — Gemini 4 Argon is here: It’s great, and you can’t have it yet

- Company: The New Stack (thenewstack.io)
- Announced: 2026-09-30T20:00:00+00:00
- Category: new-model
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://thenewstack.io/google-gemini-4-argon/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/15478-gemini-4-argon-is-here-it-s-great-and-you-can-t-have-it-yet
- Subject: Reporting
- Models affected: Gemini 4 Argon
- Pricing: Argon will cost $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens during an introductory period, rising to

Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, its new flagship model, which outperforms OpenAI's and Anthropic's top models on most benchmarks, particularly in knowledge work tasks. The model supports up to 1 million output tokens and is initially available only through the Fairwind Program, with paid API and AI Ultra subscribers gaining access before broader release. Pricing is set at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens during an introductory period.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://thenewstack.io/google-gemini-4-argon/:

> Google says it will gather feedback from early testers and iterate on Argon's guardrails before making the model available outside the Fairwind Program. Once that day comes, paid API customers and AI Ultra subscribers will get to try the new model first, before it's released to developers, enterprises, and consumers.

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