November 3, 2026 · 4 min read
Gemini 4 Carbon: #1 on the index, but you can't build with it yet
Google's Gemini 4 Carbon topped the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at 59 — the first Google model to do it. But there's no release date, no model ID, no API: you can't build with it yet. What the coding and cost-per-task numbers actually say for anyone shipping web apps with AI, and why I'm keeping it on the watchlist, not in the stack.



