Google shipped four Gemini Flash models in 106 days. Yet its Gemini 3.5 Pro is still AWOL.
Fortune 22 ● 6 sources
Google released the Gemini 3.8 Flash AI model while its Gemini 3.5 Pro flagship still has not shipped as expected. Gemini 3.8 Flash passed DeepSWE v1.1 runs with about 74% success at maximum effort, and it cost an average of $2.36 per task versus $11.84 for Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5. Google will continue shipping faster, cheaper Flash updates, but the missing Pro release and internal delays are widening scrutiny over its ability to catch up on the frontier.