DeepSeek launches V4-Flash-0731 API with boosted agent capabilities

DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 packs 304B parameters (167GB on Hugging Face) and is live via API in public beta with upgraded agent capabilities. Pricing runs $0.14 in / $0.28 out per million tokens; Artificial Analysis reportedly rates it ahead of MiniMax M3 and completing tasks at 105× lower total cost than Fable 5.