DeepSeek has announced the release of its open-source DeepSeek-V4 Preview, which features a context length of 1 million and offers two model variants. This launch comes shortly after significant updates from leading U.S. AI companies like OpenAI, heightening the competitive landscape in AI model development. Additionally, the V4 variants are readily available through DeepSeek’s API, equipped with interfaces compatible with OpenAI, facilitating ease of use for developers while fostering community contributions and rapid adoption through its permissive open-source license.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup based in Hangzhou, specializing in the development of efficient open-source large language models that compete with proprietary systems. Backed by High-Flyer hedge fund, the company emphasizes research innovation and recently began raising external capital to retain talent. In this news, DeepSeek released the open-source preview of DeepSeek-V4 with extended context capabilities.
DeepSeek-V4: DeepSeek-V4 is the latest preview release of DeepSeek’s large language model series, available in Pro and Flash variants for diverse performance needs. It prioritizes efficient large-context support and multimodal features, positioning it for agentic and complex reasoning applications. The open-source launch enables developers to access it via API and model repositories like Hugging Face.

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