Google is rolling out Gemini 4 Carbon to selected cybersecurity defenders through Fairwind at $2/1M input and $10/1M output tokens, rising to $4 and $20 later
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Frontier models are getting enterprise-style intro pricing and tight vertical gating—$2/$10 per million tokens for select cyber defenders now, doubling later, is a classic land-and-expand move. If you're a security leader, this is the window to negotiate access and pricing before these capabilities normalize at a higher cost basis.
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