AI & Cloud Infrastructure
October 1, 2026Gemini 4 Argon: the third $2/$10 model and your Azure gap
Gemini 4 Argon launched on 30 September at an introductory $2/$10 per million tokens, the third frontier model at that price in three days, but unlike Claude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol it is not in Microsoft Foundry, has no API model ID, and goes to vetted cyber defenders first. The standard price is $4/$20 with no published end date for the discount, so Azure teams in Sweden should budget on the higher figure and prepare a gateway route rather than switch now.
Gemini 4 Argon
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Model Selection
Data Residency
Fairwind Program
Cybersecurity
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By Falak Mahmood