# DeepSeek launches V4-Flash API in public beta

DeepSeek launched V4-Flash Official API in public beta with Agent capabilities surpassing V4-Pro-Preview benchmarks.

- Natively supports the Responses API format
- Fully adapted for Codex
- Configuration details in official API docs at api-docs.deepseek.com

## Why it matters

Developers can now use V4-Flash for agent workloads with benchmark performance exceeding V4-Pro-Preview.

## Sources

- [DeepSeek: DeepSeek launches V4-Flash API in public beta](https://x.com/deepseek_ai/status/2083084415157022911)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-07-31. https://dstilled.ai/story/1b943d1c-a75e-45c6-aa51-f3b9d38de812