DeepSeek V4.1-Flash goes live on its API with native multimodal support
Original title⚡ V4.1-Flash is now live on the DeepSeek API with native multimodal support.
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DeepSeek says V4.1-Flash is now live on its API with native multimodal support, accessed through the model name deepseek-flash.
The older V4-Flash and V4-Flash-Vision-Exp are retired, while deepseek-v4-flash and deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp temporarily route to V4.1-Flash.
Requests to deepseek-v4-pro will route to V4.1-Flash at V4.1-Flash rates starting 04:00 UTC on Sept 14, 2026, until V4.1-Pro launches.
Source: DeepSeek · x.com