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China’s DeepSeek launches V4.1-Flash model

By Thomson Reuters Sep 10, 2026 | 1:32 AM

BEIJING, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Chinese artificial intelligence startup ​DeepSeek on ‌Thursday launched DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, which the company said is ‌the ​smallest ⁠model in its ⁠new architecture family, according to a statement.

The release ​came as the company ⁠is ⁠starting to prepare ​for an initial ​public offering on ‌Shanghai’s tech-focused STAR Market, Reuters has reported.

DeepSeek ⁠said the new model is designed for ⁠greater ‌capability, faster ⁠inference, higher ​throughput ‌and scaling ​to larger ⁠models.

(Reporting by Shi Bu and Eduardo Baptista; Editing by Thomas ​Derpinghaus)