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Alphabet Stock Rises on Unveiling of Advanced Gemini 4 AI Model
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Shares in Alphabet climbed over 2% in pre-market trading after its Google unit announced Gemini 4 Argon, its most powerful AI model to date, alongside positive industry data on AI chip demand.
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) shares rose 2.2% in pre-open trading after Google announced the launch of Gemini 4 Argon, its most capable artificial intelligence model yet. The news provided a significant catalyst for the stock, supported by favorable industry reports and a constructive market backdrop for technology shares.
Gemini 4 Argon Unveiled
Google announced its new flagship model after the previous session's close, with a phased rollout beginning today. According to the company, Gemini 4 Argon is designed for complex, long-horizon tasks in specialized fields such as software engineering, enterprise legal and financial workflows, and cybersecurity.
A key technical advancement is the model's dramatically expanded single-pass output limit, which now stands at one million tokens. This represents a roughly sixteen-fold increase over the 64,000-token ceiling of the previous generation. Google stated that Argon leads on 12 of 18 disclosed performance benchmarks. The model will initially be available to cybersecurity specialists, followed by paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers at an introductory price of $2 per million input tokens.
Supporting Industry Tailwinds
AdAdding to the positive sentiment, a note from Piper Sandler highlighted that manufacturing capacity for AI chips at TSMC, which produces Google's custom Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), is sold out through 2028. This suggests that demand for Alphabet’s proprietary silicon is expected to remain robust for several years.
Separately, details from Anthropic’s confidential IPO filing reportedly showed that a significant portion of its 2025 revenue is generated through cloud partners, including Google. This reinforces the growth narrative for the Google Cloud division, underscoring its crucial role in the broader AI infrastructure ecosystem ahead of the company's next earnings report.
Market Reaction
The stock's advance was also amplified by technical factors, as its price found support at its 200-day moving average, a level that attracted systematic buyers. The rally occurred within a positive market environment, with the Nasdaq Composite up 0.7%, reflecting continued investor appetite for large-cap technology stocks.
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