Google is an Alphabet company whose Google DeepMind unit builds the Gemini and Gemma models.
| Model | Released | Weights | Hosts | Cheapest host | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 4 Argon | Sep 2026 | Closed | 1 | $2.00 | $10.00 | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | Sep 2026 | Closed | 1 | $0.75 | $3.75 | |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | Aug 2026 | Closed | 1 | $0.75 | $3.75 | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Jul 2026 | Closed | 1 | $0.30 | $2.50 | |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | Jul 2026 | Closed | 1 | $0.75 | $3.75 | |
| Gemma 4 26B A4Bfree now−15% | Apr 2026 | Open · Apache 2.0 | 12 | Reka | $0.06 | $0.20 |
| Gemma 4 31Bfree now−5% | Apr 2026 | Open · Apache 2.0 | 14 | Reka | $0.08 | $0.30 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Feb 2026 | Closed | 1 | $2.00 | $12.00 | |
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Dec 2025 | Closed | 1 | $0.50 | $3.00 | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | Jun 2025 | Closed | 1 | $0.30 | $2.50 | |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | Jun 2025 | Closed | 1 | $1.25 | $10.00 | |
| Gemma 3 12B | Mar 2025 | Open · Gemma Terms of Use | 3 | Novita AI | $0.05 | $0.10 |
| Gemma 3 27B | Mar 2025 | Open · Gemma Terms of Use | 5 | DeepInfra | $0.08 | $0.16 |
| Gemma 3 4B | Mar 2025 | Open · Gemma Terms of Use | 2 | Parasail | $0.04 | $0.05 |
| Gemma 2 27B | Jul 2024 | Open · Gemma Terms of Use | 1 | NextBit | $0.65 | $0.65 |
12 of 15 models · prices per million tokens at the cheapest host, read Oct 23, 09:51 UTC
Deals now
- Free modelGemma 4 26B A4Bat OpenRouter · until no end date
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- DiscountGemini 4 Argonat Google · until Nov 30
- DiscountGemini 3.8 Flashat Google · until Dec 31
- Free tierGemini 3.8 Flashat Google · until no end date
- −15%Gemma 4 26B A4Bat NextBit
- −5%Gemma 4 31Bat Io Net
About Google
- Founded
- August 1998, Menlo Park, California6
- Founders
- Larry Page, Sergey Brin6
- Parent company
- Alphabet Inc.1
- First model
- Gemini 1.0, Dec 2023 (first Gemini model)5
- Mission
- "Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful"7
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who met at Stanford University and built the Backrub search engine from their dorm rooms.6
The company says Google Inc. was officially born in August 1998, with its first office in a garage in Menlo Park, California.6
It is now headquartered in Mountain View, California, and forms the largest business of Alphabet Inc.1, 6
Google states its mission as organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful.7
DeepMind started in 2010 as a research lab for general AI systems.2
In April 2023 Google combined DeepMind and Google Brain into a single unit named Google DeepMind.2, 3, 4
Google introduced the Gemini 1.0 models in Ultra, Pro and Nano sizes on 6 December 2023.5
On 21 February 2024 it released the open-weight Gemma models in 2B and 7B sizes, and Gemma 4 followed on 2 April 2026 in four sizes under an Apache 2.0 license.10, 11
Google describes Gemma as a complement to its Gemini models, in a combination of open and proprietary tools.10, 11, 12
In August 2026 Google announced that Demis Hassabis would become Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, while Koray Kavukcuoglu would lead Google DeepMind as senior vice president.1, 7, 8, 9
Gemini 4 Argon became available through the Gemini API on 13 October 2026.9
Official links
- Website about.google
- API docs ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs
- Pricing ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing
- GitHub github.com/google-deepmind
- GitHub github.com/google
- Hugging Face huggingface.co/google
- Blog blog.google
- X x.com/googledeepmind
- X twitter.com/google
- LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/googledeepmind
- LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/google
Sources
- Alphabet Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · sec.gov · read Oct 23
- About Google DeepMind — Google DeepMind · deepmind.google · read Oct 23
- Google consolidates AI research divisions into Google DeepMind | TechCrunch · techcrunch.com · read Oct 23
- Google Brain and DeepMind merge under Alphabet's umbrella · theregister.com · read Oct 23
- Introducing Gemini: Google’s most capable AI model yet · blog.google · read Oct 23
- How we started and where we are today - Google - About Google · about.google · read Oct 23
- About Google: History, office locations, commitments, initiatives - About Google · about.google · read Oct 23
- The next chapter of our AI momentum · blog.google · read Oct 23
- Gemini 4 Argon is now available for everyone · blog.google · read Oct 23
- Gemma 4: Our most capable open models to date · blog.google · read Oct 23
- Gemma: Google introduces new state-of-the-art open models · blog.google · read Oct 23
- Gemma Terms of Use | Google AI for Developers · ai.google.dev · read Oct 23
- Gemini API Additional Terms of Service | Google AI for Developers · ai.google.dev · read Oct 23
- Google APIs Terms of Service | Google for Developers · developers.google.com · read Oct 23
- Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Google · policies.google.com · read Oct 23
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