Google gated its best cyber model to 650 vetted defenders.

Fairwind, announced September 2, gives governments, national cyber authorities, critical infrastructure operators and core technology platforms access to Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and the CodeMender harness for finding, verifying and fixing vulnerabilities. Google names more than 650 participating partners including CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Snowflake and Wiz, and cites $36M funded to 35 cyber clinics serving 1,250+ hospitals, schools and utilities. Second lab in a week making customer identity the release mechanism for a capability rather than a post-launch policy, which is a real shift in how frontier capability reaches the market.