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title: "Matthias Bastian"
type: entity
entity_type: person
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/people/matthias-bastian
updated: 2026-10-19T10:30:01.000Z
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# Matthias Bastian

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/people/matthias-bastian

- **Type:** Person
- **Signals:** 3
- **First seen:** Sep 29, 2026
- **Last seen:** Oct 19, 2026

## Recent signals

- [Google DeepMind says four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft without any human help in 27 hours and 14 minutes, costing $1,620 at Argon's planned 2027 price (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/google-deepmind-says-four-gemini-4-argon-agents-beat-minecraft-without-0f5a254b) (Oct 19, 2026)
- [Google releases Nano Banana 2.1, based on Gemini 3.6 Flash, saying it improves on previous versions "across the board"; pricing is \~50% lower than Nano Banana 2 (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/google-releases-nano-banana-2-1-based-on-gemini-3-6-flash-saying-it-3f1ffbe7) (Oct 6, 2026)
- [OpenAI reopens sign-ups for its $200/month Pro tier while halving the API credits provided per dollar to encourage pay-per-use, and removes the five-hour cap (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/openai-reopens-sign-ups-for-its-200-month-pro-tier-while-halving-the-3d873e2a) (Sep 29, 2026)

## Related

- [OpenAI](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/openai) (Company)
- [Alphabet](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/alphabet) (Company)
- [Gemini 4 Argon](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/gemini-4-argon) (Model)
- [Google DeepMind](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/google-deepmind) (Company)
- [ChatGPT Pro](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/chatgpt-pro) (Model)

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