DeepSeek Drops V4 Pro and V4 Flash Preview Models
DeepSeek unveils two new flagship AI models, admitting V4 Pro still lags top competitors by 3-6 months.
DeepSeek just dropped preview versions of its next-generation flagship models: V4 Pro and V4 Flash. The release comes roughly a year after the company shook up Silicon Valley with its previous breakthroughs.
Here's the interesting part. DeepSeek is being unusually candid about where it stands. The company says V4 Pro trails the performance of current state-of-the-art models by about 3 to 6 months. That's a gap, but it's also a shrinking one.
V4 Flash appears to be the lighter, faster sibling — though specific benchmarks and pricing details weren't outlined in the initial announcement.
Both models are in preview for now. The release signals DeepSeek isn't slowing down its cadence of major model drops, even as it openly acknowledges the distance between its outputs and the bleeding edge.