Gemini 4 Carbon Global Rollout and Anthropic Initiates IPO Roadshow

Today brings dense updates and commercial releases for frontier models, with Google DeepMind rolling out Gemini 4 Carbon globally, and Anthropic officially initiating its proposed IPO roadshow alongside several productivity tools.

The essentials

Gemini 4 Carbon Global Rollout

Google DeepMind has officially rolled out the Gemini 4 Carbon frontier model globally, focusing on long-horizon tasks, complex software engineering, and scientific discovery. The model is now live on channels including Gemini API and Google AI Studio.

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Anthropic Initiates IPO Roadshow

Anthropic has officially announced the start of its roadshow for a proposed IPO, with its securities registration statement submitted to the US SEC and plans to list on Nasdaq, while also officially launching team collaboration tools such as whiteboards and spreadsheets.

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Stripe Acquires OpenRouter

OpenRouter officially announced its integration into Stripe, with the platform having served over 10 million developers. Following the merger, it will continue providing infrastructure for multi-model execution, helping teams control AI spending and data flows.

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In brief

Signal Formal Verification

Google DeepMind used AlphaProof Code to complete the formal security verification of the underlying machine code for the widely deployed Signal cryptographic protocol for the first time.

MiniMax Open-Sources H3-Image

MiniMax released the open-source image generation model H3-Image, which can generate high-resolution images in about 10 seconds without requiring additional upscalers.

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ChatGPT Businesses Beta

OpenAI launched the Businesses feature beta in ChatGPT, allowing merchants to claim their business and build custom business agents.

Claude Code Credentials Leak Fix

Security firms discovered that some Claude Code local configuration files were uploaded to public repositories, and official teams are investigating and fixing the credential leakage issue.

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NVIDIA Releases GR00T 2

NVIDIA introduced the open-source world action model GR00T 2, with open weights and fully running locally on robots, supporting chained multi-step dexterous operations.