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Gemma 4 hit 300 million downloads. The math that broke the cloud model is why.
Google DeepMind's Gemma 4 reached 300 million downloads, a milestone signaling that the open-weight model's economic argument is finally beating the proprietary API pitch. Architectural efficiency and self-hosting costs are driving the shift.
2026-07-24