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Reviewed 19 October 2026. Dates retain the precision of the source; retrospective disclosures are identified in the event. No verified public ARR or recognized-revenue series was established in this review. Model-training cost is not company revenue.
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DeepSeek adds developer access to its search engine, alongside a V4.1 Flash update.
Source: DeepSeekThe new architecture adds native visual understanding and updates the commercial API model lineup.
Source: DeepSeekEarlier revenue, financing and company milestones.
The release reaches app, web and API, adding native Responses API support.
Source: DeepSeekThe API model advances agent capabilities ahead of V4 Pro’s general release.
Source: DeepSeekV4 Pro and Flash enter the API; legacy model names begin a migration period.
Source: DeepSeekThinking and non-thinking API modes move to a shared upgraded model generation.
Source: DeepSeekR1 and distilled models expand open-weight reasoning access under MIT licensing.
Source: DeepSeekThe model upgrades the commercial chat API and establishes the base for subsequent reasoning releases.
Source: DeepSeekThe Hangzhou-based research company begins developing language models, preceding its V3 and R1 releases.
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