DeepSeek Developing Flash Variants to Match 3T Model Coding Performance
bindureddy · x · 2026-08-15
Bindu Reddy is working on multiple DeepSeek Flash variants. The goal is to elevate a 250B parameter model to perform at the level of a 3T model in agentic coding tasks. The team is hopeful about 'Smaug-Flash,' aiming to match Sonnet 5's performance in coding agent workflows.
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