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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Open-weight models hit 72% of top-50 token use on OpenRouter
ResearchOctober 31, 2026

Open-weight models hit 72% of top-50 token use on OpenRouter

Open-weight models handled 72% of the tokens among OpenRouter's top 50 models in late September 2026, up from 27% in October 2025, according to a new analysis from the…

Particle-1 coding model now available on Vercel's AI Gateway
ModelsOctober 28, 2026

Particle-1 coding model now available on Vercel's AI Gateway

Vercel has added Particle-1, a model from Particle AI, to its AI Gateway. According to the changelog, the model is post-trained on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and aims to…

Vercel adds DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to its Token Pass subscription
Products and toolsOctober 20, 2026

Vercel adds DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to its Token Pass subscription

Vercel has added DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to Token Pass, its subscription for Pro teams that runs through AI Gateway. The model joins Kimi K3 and GLM 5.3, and Vercel says…

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Undercuts Older Flash on Price and Beats Pro on Agentic Tests
ModelsOctober 13, 2026, 12:00

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Undercuts Older Flash on Price and Beats Pro on Agentic Tests

On Novita AI, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is now the cheapest of three current DeepSeek V4 models and scores highest on agentic benchmarks, according to a comparison published…

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Arrives on Novita AI With Image Input and Stronger Coding
ModelsOctober 10, 2026, 12:00

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Arrives on Novita AI With Image Input and Stronger Coding

Novita AI now offers DeepSeek V4.1 Flash as a serverless API, bringing image input and higher agentic coding scores than DeepSeek V4 Flash at the same 1M-token context.…