Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has launched a preview version of its long-awaited V4 model, ending months of silence from one of China's most closely watched AI labs and arriving a year after its R1 release sparked U.S. market turmoil and concerns across Silicon Valley AI firms.
The rollout signals that DeepSeek is full steam ahead in the frontier-model race:
DeepSeek-V4 Preview is officially live & open-sourced! Welcome to the era of cost-effective 1M context length.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro: 1.6T total / 49B active params. Performance rivaling the world's top closed-source models.
DeepSeek-V4-Flash: 284B total / 13B active params. Your fast, efficient, and economical choice.
🚀 DeepSeek-V4 Preview is officially live & open-sourced! Welcome to the era of cost-effective 1M context length.🔹 DeepSeek-V4-Pro: 1.6T total / 49B active params. Performance rivaling the world's top closed-source models.🔹 DeepSeek-V4-Flash: 284B total / 13B active params.…pic.twitter.com/n1AgwMIymu
The open-source model comes in the V4 Flash and V4 Pro series, with DeepSeek saying its V4 "leads all current open models, trailing only Gemini-3.1-Pro."
In terms of reasoning, the startup said it "beats all current open models in Math/STEM/Coding, rivaling top closed-source models."
DeepSeek-V4-Pro🔹 Enhanced Agentic Capabilities: Open-source SOTA in Agentic Coding benchmarks.🔹 Rich World Knowledge: Leads all current open models, trailing only Gemini-3.1-Pro.🔹 World-Class Reasoning: Beats all current open models in Math/STEM/Coding, rivaling top…pic.twitter.com/D04x5RjE3L
Counterpoint Research Vice President Neil Shah toldCNBCthat "DeepSeek's V4 preview is a serious flex."
Source: ZeroHedge News
