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DeepSeek V4 Flash now runs updated weights on AI Gateway

DeepSeek V4 Flash jumped 25.8 points on agentic benchmarks. Vercel's AI Gateway now routes to the updated weights by default — no code changes needed.

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Why it matters

DeepSeek's stronger agentic model is live in production infrastructure. Practitioners using Vercel's AI Gateway get the upgrade automatically; agents built on the platform pick up better reasoning at no code cost.

The key facts

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  1. DeepSeek V4 Flash Terminal-Bench score: 82.7 (up from 56.9 in April preview, +25.8 point jump)

  2. Updated weights now live on Vercel AI Gateway by default

  3. Model ID unchanged (deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash) — existing code routes to new weights automatically

  4. DeepSeek only provider serving updated weights initially; others with Zero Data Retention coming next week

  5. Agentic capabilities specifically highlighted as improved

  6. Integration path: use vercel ai-gateway coding-agents setup to connect agents to new model

  7. AI Gateway pricing: reflects provider rates with no markup, no platform inference fee

  8. DeepSeek V4 Flash Terminal-Bench score: 82.7 (up from 56.9 in April preview)

  9. +25.8 point improvement in agentic capabilities

  10. Updated weights now default on Vercel AI Gateway with no code changes required

  11. DeepSeek currently exclusive provider; others (including zero-retention options) coming next week

  12. AI Gateway charges no platform fee, reflects provider pricing with no markup

  13. Integration: agents connect via vercel ai-gateway to auto-route to new weights

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Vercel Blogvercel.com

Publisher excerpt: now runs on updated weights by default on AI Gateway, with notably stronger agentic capabilities. On Terminal-Bench, it scores 82.7, up 25.8 points from 56.9 in the April preview.DeepSeek V4 Flash Requests to pick up the new weights automatically, with no change to the model ID or your…
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