
DeepSeek-V4 is a frontier open-weight language model developed by DeepSeek.
DeepSeek-V4 is the company's 2026 flagship Mixture-of-Experts model family released under the MIT license, with V4-Pro at 1.6 trillion total parameters and 49 billion active per forward pass and a lighter V4-Flash variant for cost-efficient inference. The model supports a 128k context window via the hosted API and a 1 million token window for the open-weight release.
DeepSeek-V4 is positioned for coding, reasoning, and long-context tasks, with off-peak API pricing windows and discounted cache reads aimed at high-throughput workloads. The open-weight release allows on-premises and customized inference deployments across NVIDIA and Huawei Ascend hardware.
| Attribute | DeepSeek-V4 | Frontier Open-Weight Language Models | Gemma | Kimi | Qwen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | ||||||
| Founded | 2023 | 2024 | 2010 | 2023 | 1999 | |
| Sells To | Enterprises | B2B, Enterprise, Government | Enterprises | Enterprises | Consumers, Enterprise, Enterprises, Small Business | |
| Pricing Model | Subscription | B2B | — | Subscription | Advertising, Subscription, Transactional | |
| Ownership | Private | Private | — | Private | Public |
Provider
DeepSeekdeepseek.com$1B raised · Series A
Founded 2023
Sells To Enterprises
Pricing Model Subscription
Ownership Private
Provider
Reflection AIreflection.ai$2.2B raised · Series B
Founded 2024
Sells To B2B, Enterprise, Government
Pricing Model B2B
Ownership Private
Provider
Google DeepMinddeepmind.google$500M raised · Acquired Subsidiary
Founded 2010
Sells To Enterprises
Pricing Model —
Ownership —
Provider
Moonshot AImoonshot.ai$3.6B raised · Series D
Founded 2023
Sells To Enterprises
Pricing Model Subscription
Ownership Private
Provider
Alibaba Group$8.9B raised · Public
Founded 1999
Sells To Consumers, Enterprise, Enterprises, Small Business
Pricing Model Advertising, Subscription, Transactional
Ownership Public