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DeepSeek Flash

Current stateShipped · Flash-1017status changed Oct 17

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DeepSeek shipped V4.1 Flash-1017 on Oct 17 with stronger coding and agent performance, lower inference cost and a first public search API; The Decoder says it beats larger rivals on agentic tasks.

Earlier contextThe story so far

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash first showed up in deployments: Dolphin's inference API went live Oct 11 and AMD MI355X posted AA-AgentPerf results Oct 14. Two OrcaRouter comparisons on Oct 16 then priced it against Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and Step 5 Preview.

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Oct 11Oct 20 · now
DEPLOYMENT · Oct 11–14
V4.1 Flash reaches inference providers and AMD benchmarks
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COMPARISON · Oct 16
OrcaRouter prices Flash against Nemotron 3.5 and Step 5 Preview
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THE UPDATE · Oct 17–19
Flash-1017 ships with stronger coding, cheaper inference and a search API
Harness v0.2.1-rc1 surfaced the same day with an unannounced snapshot.
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NOW · Oct 20
Open-model roundup places Flash-1017 among current releases
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What to watch — open questions

  • Do independent evals confirm Flash-1017's agentic gains over larger rivals?
  • Is the new search API priced and rate-limited for production use?
  • Is the unannounced snapshot a separate model or the same Flash-1017?
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