[AINews] DeepSeek v4.1-Flash: 763B-P8B-D16B novel causal Encoder–Decoder architecture with vision marks the Return of the Whale.

We agree with Sebastian: this should have been DeepSeek v5

Latent SpaceAnalysis or commentary·12 Sept 2026, 05:56

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Latest funding: $15B · 6 Oct 2026
Newest model on the API: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · 17 Oct 2026 · $0.15 in / $0.6 out per million tokens
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