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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Ultrafast now available on Vercel AI Gateway through Fireworks

Vercel announced that DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Ultrafast is now available on AI Gateway, served through Fireworks. The source says the model can generate upwards of 1,000 tokens per second. Ultrafast runs the October 17 update of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on Fireworks' accelerated serverless endpoint. The source says it is suited to interactive coding, reasoning, and agentic workloads.

Source: Vercel Blog · vercel.com Published 2026-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 Detected 2026-11-13T22:17:27+00:00
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Vercel announced that DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Ultrafast is now available on AI Gateway, served through Fireworks. The source says the model can generate upwards of 1,000 tokens per second. Ultrafast runs the October 17 update of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on Fireworks' accelerated serverless endpoint. The source says it is suited to interactive coding, reasoning, and agentic workloads.

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Ultrafast is now available on AI Gateway through Fireworks. This model can generate upwards of 1,000 tokens per second . Ultrafast serves the October 17 update of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash through Fireworks' accelerated serverless endpoint. It is suited to interactive coding, reasoning, and...

Developers building coding assistants or agent workflows on AI Gateway now have a faster DeepSeek option to test for interactive use. Teams that care about response speed can compare this endpoint against their current model choices. The source gives no pricing or benchmark details, so builders should check those directly before switching.

Teams using AI at work may want to compare this against current productivity and review workflows.

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