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Google’s Gemini 4 hits 25T tokens in 72 hours

By Drooid · Oct 23, 2026, 2:05 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Google Scales Gemini4

Gemini 4 Argon processed nearly 25 trillion tokens in its first 72 hours, triple Gemini 3’s volume.
Google says capacity constraints limit broader Gemini 4 access despite rapid token consumption.
Teams are building more efficient models to expand Gemini 4 availability and ease bottlenecks.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai described a “one box” personal agent that continues tasks after conversation ends.
Google plans broader Gemini agent rollout to consumers over the next few months.

Summary

Sundar Pichai Defends Spending

Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended spending after free cash flow turned negative.
He said consumer and business demand, improved models, and long-term contracts justify outlays.
He noted a leadership shakeup at Google DeepMind and called frontier-model work all-consuming.
He predicted AI agents will soon handle more tasks and merge Search, Gmail, Gemini.
He promoted Project Suncatcher’s space-based AI data-center pilot as successful and hinted at a “hello world” TPU debut.

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Historical Context

In 2016 NVIDIA launched the Pascal GPU architecture, doubling AI training throughput and igniting a rapid expansion of large-scale language models. Pascal’s 12-nanometer GPUs delivered 10.6 teraflops of FP32 performance, and the company reported $1.2 billion global data-center revenue overall that year. Today Google’s Gemini 4 processed nearly 25 trillion tokens in 72 hours, leading Sundar Pichai to defend heavy TPU spending and promote Project Suncatcher’s space-based AI data-center. That historic hardware-driven surge suggests AI firms will intensify capital outlays, accelerating market consolidation and shaping significant future regulatory scrutiny.

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Google Scales Gemini4

Gemini 4 Argon processed nearly 25 trillion tokens in its first 72 hours, triple Gemini 3’s volume.
Google says capacity constraints limit broader Gemini 4 access despite rapid token consumption.
Teams are building more efficient models to expand Gemini 4 availability and ease bottlenecks.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai described a “one box” personal agent that continues tasks after conversation ends.
Google plans broader Gemini agent rollout to consumers over the next few months.

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