# Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon to take on rivals

> Google releases its most powerful AI model yet, claiming it outperforms Anthropic and OpenAI while undercutting their prices.
- Title: Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon to take on rivals · The Verge
- Summary: Google releases its most powerful AI model yet, claiming it outperforms Anthropic and OpenAI while undercutting their prices.
- Keywords: google, gemini 4 carbon, ai model, anthropic, openai, ai agents, The Verge
- Source: The Verge — https://theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1030787/google-gemini-4-carbon-public-rollout
- Author: Robert Hart
- Published: 2026-11-10T16:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: google, gemini 4 carbon, ai model, anthropic, openai, ai agents, technology, culture
## Google's new model goes public
Google is rolling out Gemini 4 Carbon to the general public after releasing it to cybersecurity defenders two weeks ago. Google claims Carbon is its strongest model yet.
## Carbon beats Argon on hard tasks
Google says Gemini 4 Carbon pushes the frontier even further than Argon, its other frontier model launched last month. Carbon is built for complex multi-step coding and open-ended scientific research.

> pushes the frontier even further
## New swarm feature coordinates agents
Google is previewing a swarm feature on its agentic development platform Antigravity. It lets users turn a single prompt into a coordinated team of agents.
## Carbon costs a fifth of rivals
Gemini 4 Carbon launches at two dollars per million input tokens and ten dollars per million output tokens. That is around a fifth the cost of OpenAI's GPT-six Astra.
## Google returns to AI leadership race
The release marks a decisive return for Google to the forefront of AI research. For months, frontier development looked like a two-horse race between Anthropic and OpenAI.
## Key takeaway

Google released Gemini 4 Carbon to the public, claiming it is its strongest model yet and capable of competing with Anthropic and OpenAI's best systems.