Release archive
The timeline.
Every model we track—released, announced or still a signal on the horizon.
APR 2026 — APR 2027
APRIL 2026
APR 242 releases
DeepSeek · APR 24, 2026
Smaller, faster sibling to V4 Pro — 284B total / 13B active, 1M context, thinking and non-thinking modes.
No reviewed reports yet.
Read more →DeepSeek · APR 24, 2026
Open-weights reasoning model at an aggressive price point.
$0.90/Mtok
No reviewed reports yet.
Read more →MAY 2026
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DeepSeek · AUG 21, 2026
Experimental multimodal build of V4 Flash, adding vision input through the API.
No reviewed reports yet.
Read more →SEPTEMBER 2026
SEP 10
DeepSeek · SEP 10, 2026
DeepSeek's faster V4.1 architecture, replacing V4 Pro traffic in the hosted API while adding native multimodal support.
- Other@TheAhmadOsman: Just a reminder that GLM 5.3 Flash, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Qwen 3.8 Next Flash, and even Qwen 3.8 27B are all outperforming (in both intelligence and capabilities) every model that was considered "frontier intelligence" in Xmas 2025 (just 10 months ago) Opensource AI is on fire
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