Google holds Gemini 4 Argon for vetted cyber defenders
The model is not on general sale. Fairwind partners get it first, without the usual cyber guardrails, while a US pre-release review continues.
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon and is not selling it to enterprises yet. The first users are a set of trusted cyber defenders in the Fairwind programme, plus Google’s own teams. For that group, Google said it is releasing Argon without the usual cyber guardrails.
The company said on 30 September that it is in the US government’s voluntary process for pre-release model access, and that developers, enterprises and consumers will follow only after early feedback. Paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers are named as the start of that later release. No date was given. Introductory API prices are 2 dollars per million input tokens and 10 dollars per million output tokens, rising to 4 and 20 after the introductory period.
Fairwind, opened in September, is for governments, Google Cloud customers and security partners. SecurityWeek reported more than 650 partners on the earlier Gemini cyber model in that programme. Google said Argon is meant for long software-engineering work, legal and finance tasks, and cyber defence. SecurityWeek reported that Google said the model found a critical flaw in software used by hospitals.
A buyer outside that list does not have the model. A Gulf institution that needs a system this quarter should treat Argon as unavailable until Google names a release date and a residency arrangement. The question to write down first is who may use a model with the cyber limits lifted, and where the run is logged. 54east’s decision audit is the page for that test. https://54east.ai/decision-audit/
