DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in internal beta: native multimodal, same price as V4 Flash
Nunki08 · reddit · 2026-09-08
Per Chubby on X, an intermediate version of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is in internal beta testing and rolling out via API. The announcement says it uses a new model architecture with native multimodal support, stronger capabilities, faster speeds, and lower costs.
To try it, keep the baseurl unchanged and set the model name to deepseek-v4.1-flash-expires-on-0910. Pricing is currently identical to deepseek-v4-flash, with a rate limit of 20 concurrent requests per account.
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