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Get Gemini 4 Hydrogen Free With a 1M-Token Context Window
A 1,048,576-token window and 65,536-token replies, at $0 on the Gemini API
Catch: Google trains on free-tier prompts; limits only shown in AI Studio
Catch: Google trains on free-tier prompts; limits only shown in AI Studio
Code Free With Qwen3.8 27B, GLM 5.3 Flash and MiMo V2.6 in ADCode4 free coding models in ADCode: Qwen3.8, GLM 5.3 Flash, MiMo V2.6, Tagflow
Catch: verified account needed; ad-supported editor, providers can rate-limit
Inception Labs Launches Mercury 3 With 100M Free API Tokens100M free Mercury 3 API tokens on Inception platform and OpenRouter
One-time grant per account; 50% launch pricing at $0.10/M in, $0.35/M out
Context.dev Adds 50,000 Bonus Credits to Existing Accounts After $9M RaiseWeb-data API for AI agents Context.dev announced a $9M round led by General Catalyst and granted 50,000 one-time bonus credits to existing accounts - already applied, no claim needed. New signups get the standing 1,000 credits/month free tier, no card.
China Telecom's Xing4.0 29B: Free API Access on OpenRouter262K context at $0 input and output, Apache 2.0 open weights
Catch: shared OpenRouter free-tier rate limits; new endpoint, terms may change
Ongoing; claim with an OpenRouter account and the :free model id
Claim Check: The '2M Free Gemini 4 Argon Tokens for $1' on BlazeRail Is FalseA viral post claims BlazeRail gives 2M free Gemini 4 Argon tokens after a $1 bot-prevention deposit. We checked the site, pricing, and live model API: no such promo exists. Argon is paid ($2/$10 per M) and the real free tier uses a $10 deposit - for other models.
RouteOpen’s 500K Daily Free Tokens Hit Strict Rate-Limit Bottleneck
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