The Flagship That Never Sailed

Juno: Google launched Gemini 4 Argon, quest complete! Mochi: the flagship before it, 3.5 Pro, never shipped. Queen Honeycomb: promised by June, then dropped as unlikely to beat rivals. The Rust Baron: so Google is finished forever? Mochi: nope, last November a Google model made a rival declare code red. Tock: first big release since February.

Google's Gemini 4 Argon replaced a model that never shipped: in May Google said it would release Gemini 3.5 Pro by June, then dropped it because it was unlikely to outpace rivals, and the lead in AI keeps changing hands, as in November 2025 when a Google model pushed OpenAI to declare a 'code red'.

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JunoMochiQueen HoneycombThe Rust BaronTock