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Google's Gemini 4 "Carbon" model reportedly feels like Anthropic's Opus 5.5 coding performance.

Gemini 4 Argon isn't even widely available yet, and rumors about a more powerful version codenamed Carbon are already making the rounds. According to Business Insider, one employee compared Carbon's coding abilities to Anthropic's Opus 5.5. Meanwhile, new mode

The DecoderIndependent reporting·10 Oct 2026, 08:59

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Latest funding: Growth · $65B · 28 May 2026
Newest model on the API: Claude Haiku 5.5 · 7 Oct 2026 · $0.1 in / $0.5 out per million tokens
Last 30 days: 176 news stories, 8 announcements, 9 research posts

Newest model on the API: Gemini 4 Argon · 13 Oct 2026 · $2 in / $10 out per million tokens
Last 30 days: 156 news stories

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