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WorkBuddy announces limited-time free access to DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 international version

WorkBuddy announced that its international version has been updated to DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 and is available free of charge for a limited time until October 31. A report published on October 17 stated that the WorkBuddy international version had integrated this version; the cited original DeepSeek post said that this version performs better on benchmarks, completes tasks faster, and produces shorter outputs, and that it has launched on the official website, App, and API, with optimizations for DeepSeek Harness, Tencent CodeBuddy, WorkBuddy, and others, and recommended upgrading to DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-rc.1 or higher. A report on October 18 further clarified that this free-access offer applies only to the international version, and that the domestic version has not yet launched a corresponding free-access promotion. There are currently no subsequent developments.

WorkBuddy announces limited-time free access to DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 international edition

WorkBuddy announced that its international version has been updated to DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 and is available free of charge for a limited time until October 31. A report published on October 17 stated that the WorkBuddy international version had integrated this version; the cited original DeepSeek post said that this version performs better on benchmarks, completes tasks faster, and produces shorter outputs, and that it has launched on the official website, App, and API, with optimizations for DeepSeek Harness, Tencent CodeBuddy, WorkBuddy, and others, and recommended upgrading to DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-rc.1 or higher. A report on October 18 further clarified that this free-access offer applies only to the international version, and that the domestic version has not yet launched a corresponding free-access promotion. There are currently no subsequent developments.

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On October 17, 2026, DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, which the company says delivers stronger benchmark performance, faster task completion, and shorter outputs, achieving a Pareto improvement in performance and cost; it is now available on the official website, App, and API, and the model also launched on OpenRouter the same day. The company also announced that the Search and Fetch APIs are open to everyone, priced at $0.75 per 1,000 calls per endpoint, with calls made through server-side tools in DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code, and Codex temporarily free, and billing starting at 16:00 UTC on October 31, 2026. On October 17, Thomas Wolf commented that DeepSeek called this a "minor update," yet Terminal-Bench 4.0 rose from 31.2 to 42.3. On October 19, Arena announced that the model, with a score of 1670, became the highest-ranked open-source model on Code Arena: WebDev. On October 20, OpenCode updated it to version 1017 in Go and Free; Unsloth released a GGUF that can run locally, with the 1-bit quantized version retaining about 88.2% accuracy and shrinking in size from 508GB to 250GB; Arena then announced that it topped the Agent Arena open-source model leaderboard.

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DeepSeek's second round of financing increased to about 100 billion yuan

DeepSeek's second round of financing has been scaled up. According to a Huxiu report on October 13, 2026, the round is planned to increase from 50 billion yuan to about 100 billion yuan, with the pre-money valuation still about 500 billion yuan, and new and existing shareholders each planning to invest half. The new investors are mainly industrial capital, including Shixi Capital, SMIC Capital, Geely, and others, while CATL plans to add about 10 billion yuan. The report also mentioned that an LP of a fund said the deal is still changing dynamically, and DeepSeek's public relations department declined to comment on the financing information. The company has hired Yan Wentao, former partner of Hillhouse Venture Capital, as CFO, and outsiders expect an IPO to be advanced as early as early 2027. Currently, there is no subsequent evidence-supported progress on this financing.

DeepSeek's second round of financing increased to about 100 billion yuan

DeepSeek's second round of financing has been scaled up. According to a Huxiu report on October 13, 2026, the round is planned to increase from 50 billion yuan to about 100 billion yuan, with the pre-money valuation still about 500 billion yuan, and new and existing shareholders each planning to invest half. The new investors are mainly industrial capital, including Shixi Capital, SMIC Capital, Geely, and others, while CATL plans to add about 10 billion yuan. The report also mentioned that an LP of a fund said the deal is still changing dynamically, and DeepSeek's public relations department declined to comment on the financing information. The company has hired Yan Wentao, former partner of Hillhouse Venture Capital, as CFO, and outsiders expect an IPO to be advanced as early as early 2027. Currently, there is no subsequent evidence-supported progress on this financing.

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