# Bad Influence story: Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon to paid API users and Google AI Ultra subscribers

Active · 16 articles · 12 sources · First reported 11-10 09:14. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/4434c89f-3005-48e8-bc12-640c70a974e4

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Latest update (11-10 11:45): Google makes Gemini 4 Carbon publicly available

Overview: Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon on November 10, 2026, to paying developers and enterprises through the Gemini API and Gemini for business, and to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app, AI Mode in Search, Antigravity and Google AI Studio. The API price is an introductory $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, the same as Gemini 4 Argon. Google says Carbon is its strongest frontier model but that Argon remains the better fit for most software engineering and knowledge work.

The Verge reports that it is unclear when or whether lower-tier subscribers and free users will get access. A Google Cloud screenshot reported by TestingCatalog lists the same prices through November 30, 2026, but Google has not confirmed that end date.

Google says Carbon ranks first on CursorBench 4.0, WANDR and AutomationBench at more than 2X lower cost per task than the next best external model. Philipp Schmid says Google teams raised open-source vulnerability recall more than 25% over Argon.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-10 11:45 · X search: AI availability posts (now available, public beta) · [Google makes Gemini 4 Carbon publicly available](https://badinfluence.news/items/z3mbdxeiyrzy57e0j2ob2pahw)
2. 11-10 11:12 · Google AI · [Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon, its strongest frontier model](https://badinfluence.news/items/dctilmpd8r6w279wpjswgvb0w)
3. 11-10 11:11 · Google AI Studio · [Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon via the Gemini API and AI Studio](https://badinfluence.news/items/c5e5qiudqpu9099snuu4cypa6)
4. 11-10 11:08 · Testing Catalog · [Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon rollout for Ultra subscribers and APIs](https://badinfluence.news/items/am1trz3mpioa35ee2eko636vi)
5. 11-10 11:06 · Google AI Studio · [Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon via Gemini API and AI Studio](https://badinfluence.news/items/m5nif799y6c4nvd8vppo8v0pf)
6. 11-10 11:06 · Philipp Schmid · [Google makes Gemini 4 Carbon available in the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Antigravity](https://badinfluence.news/items/idahzd7mjgnxfsha00kvx6png)
7. 11-10 11:06 · X search: AI availability posts (now available, public beta) · [Google makes Gemini 4 Carbon available to paid API users and AI Ultra subscribers](https://badinfluence.news/items/ilnhhbrcxksel4om1uehhsgog)
8. 11-10 11:06 · Josh Woodward · [Google makes Gemini 4 Carbon available to Ultra subscribers worldwide](https://badinfluence.news/items/a20tvv2y87a2ponpzy6xxjqut)
9. 11-10 11:05 · Google · [Google makes Gemini 4 Carbon available to AI Ultra subscribers and developers](https://badinfluence.news/items/vad2z4q7nm9k5nk6sphs2mbut)
10. 11-10 11:05 · Logan Kilpatrick · [Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon in the Gemini API and to Ultra subscribers](https://badinfluence.news/items/w0ojnwspia3u4oz4io4zw2yox)
11. 11-10 11:04 · Sundar Pichai · [Google rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon for long-horizon software, security and science tasks](https://badinfluence.news/items/oi1s1jgvebkprud0gkqdzpnm7)
12. 11-10 11:03 · Google DeepMind (from the company) · [Google makes Gemini 4 Carbon available to developers, enterprises, and consumers](https://badinfluence.news/items/ntm44kdlpmn0ihuwdx0vslui9)
13. 11-10 11:00 · Google · Gemini app (from the company) · [Google makes Gemini 4 Carbon available to developers and consumers](https://badinfluence.news/items/rmytbm9gdecvym67289kzizwq)
14. 11-10 11:00 · The Verge · AI · [Google rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon to all paying developers and enterprises](https://badinfluence.news/items/t4jyl9qh8ja6oao0jpfsp5wfi)
15. 11-10 10:39 · Testing Catalog · [Google rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon on Google Cloud and Agent Studio](https://badinfluence.news/items/woycr22h7d8a8a8p1avmvy2a7)
16. 11-10 09:14 · Testing Catalog · [Gemini 4 Carbon in Google AI Studio requires an AI Ultra plan or API key](https://badinfluence.news/items/lm8jnq9u989sxozqzgjasn3q7)

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