Releases
82 matching — model launches, API releases, product updates, financial events and news.
September 20265
Sep 10, 2026
DeepSeek retires V4 Flash Vision ExpModel deprecation
DeepSeek retired the experimental V4 Flash Vision model and routed it to V4.1 Flash.
Sep 10, 2026DeepSeek retires V4 Flash API modelModel deprecation
DeepSeek retired V4 Flash and temporarily routed its model name to V4.1 Flash.
Sep 10, 2026DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash releasedModel release
DeepSeek released a smaller native-multimodal V4.1 architecture model with upgraded coding, reasoning and agents.
Sep 10, 2026DeepSeek cuts API pricing with V4.1 FlashPricing change
DeepSeek reduced API prices following the V4.1 Flash release.
Sep 9, 2026DeepSeek engages underwriters for potential mainland IPOAnnouncedIPO
DeepSeek reportedly moved toward a potential mainland listing while its next financing remained in progress.
August 20265
Aug 21, 2026DeepSeek Harness 0.1.1 releasedSDK release
DeepSeek released an updated agent harness with support for V4 Flash Vision.
Aug 21, 2026DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp releasedModel release
DeepSeek launched an experimental native multimodal V4 Flash model.
Aug 13, 2026DeepSeek API adds Responses API and thinking effort controlsAPI update
DeepSeek added native Responses API support and low, high and max thinking effort controls.
Aug 13, 2026DeepSeek-V4-Pro reaches general availabilityModel update
DeepSeek rolled out the GA V4 Pro model across app, web and API with stronger production agent capabilities.
Aug 6, 2026DeepSeek resumes second fundraising processAnnouncedNews
DeepSeek reportedly resumed a second round seeking close to $8B; it remained unclosed.
July 20263
Jul 31, 2026DeepSeek-V4-Flash public beta releasedModel update
DeepSeek released the official Flash API in public beta with upgraded coding and agent performance.
Jul 18, 2026DeepSeek plans second round targeting roughly $74B valuationAnnouncedFunding round
Reuters reported DeepSeek was planning a second fundraising round ahead of a potential mainland IPO. The target valuation is retained as metadata because the round was not completed.
Jul 16, 2026Investor filing implies $51.82B DeepSeek valuationValuation
A Chinese stock-exchange filing disclosed an indirect 0.8265% stake and implied a RMB350.88B ($51.82B) company valuation.
June 20262
Jun 16, 2026DeepSeek closes first external funding roundFunding round
DeepSeek reportedly raised more than RMB50B ($7.4B) in a founder-controlled structure at a valuation exceeding $50B.
Jun 3, 2026DeepSeek first outside funding round reported near closeAnnouncedFunding round
Reuters reported DeepSeek was set to raise about RMB50B from investors including Tencent and CATL, at a projected $52B-$59B post-money valuation.
April 20263
Apr 24, 2026DeepSeek-V4-Flash Preview enters APIAPI release
The efficient V4 Flash preview became available through DeepSeek's API.
Apr 24, 2026DeepSeek V4 preview launchesModel release
DeepSeek introduced the V4 family through Pro and Flash preview API models.
Apr 24, 2026DeepSeek-V4-Pro Preview enters APIAPI release
The V4 Pro preview became available through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible interfaces.
January 20261
Jan 27, 2026DeepSeek-OCR2 releasedOpen weights
DeepSeek published its second-generation visual causal-flow OCR model.
December 20252
Dec 1, 2025DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale temporary endpoint launchesModel release
DeepSeek offered a temporary high-compute reasoning endpoint until December 15.
Dec 1, 2025DeepSeek-V3.2 releasedOpen weights
DeepSeek upgraded chat and reasoner services to the production V3.2 model.
November 20251
Nov 27, 2025DeepSeekMath-V2 releasedOpen weights
DeepSeek released its self-verifiable mathematical reasoning model.
October 20252
Oct 20, 2025DeepSeek OCR research family introducedResearch paper
DeepSeek introduced its open OCR and document-understanding research family based on visual-text compression.
Oct 20, 2025DeepSeek-OCR releasedOpen weights
DeepSeek published its optical-compression model for OCR and document understanding.
September 20251
Sep 29, 2025DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp releasedOpen weights
DeepSeek released the experimental V3.2 model with sparse attention.