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# Guillermo Rauch: "Never bet against Google" on Gemini 4 Argon

Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg), X, 2026-10-13.
Source: https://x.com/rauchg/status/2110044152482365747

## Why it matters

Vercel CEO's high-reach launch reaction; argues for model-agnostic gateways after Muse Wonder and Argon. About 153k views (fxtwitter, 14 Oct 2026 evening).

## Summary

Posted Tue Oct 13 16:25 UTC 2026 by Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg, 911018 followers). Checked via api.fxtwitter.com on 2026-10-14 (~21:30 CEST): 152971 views, 2159 likes.

Quoting @vercel_dev: "Gemini 4 Argon, the first Gemini 4 model, is live on AI Gateway.  50% off through Dec 1st. Use it with difficult coding and agent tasks.  𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚐𝚕𝚎/𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒-𝟺-𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚗  https://vercel.com/changelog/gemini-4-a…"

## Archived text

> Congrats Gemini team. Never bet against Google, the company that brought us Transformers and has overwhelming data, engineering talent, and compute.
> 
> Everyone has, rightfully, pivoted back to coding. Coding agents are the killer app of AI. We're firmly at an elysium for developers and builders.
> 
> Incidentally, getting Muse Wonder and Gemini Argon back-to-back is a reminder why you as an individual, and your company, should stay model agnostic and gateway-maxxx / fx-maxxx.
> 
> > Quoting @vercel_dev: Gemini 4 Argon, the first Gemini 4 model, is live on AI Gateway.
> > 
> > 50% off through Dec 1st. Use it with difficult coding and agent tasks.
> > 
> > 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚐𝚕𝚎/𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒-𝟺-𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚗
> > 
> > https://vercel.com/changelog/gemini-4-argon-now-available-on-ai-gateway

Archived 2026-10-14 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 153,323 views, 2,165 likes, 55 reposts, 145 replies (at fetch time)

## Cited in

- 2026-10-13: [Gemini 4 Argon launch day on X](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-13-gemini-4-argon-launch-day-demos-x/)