DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017

DeepSeek
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inkling 2 Small

Inkling 2 Small

Thinking Machines Lab
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About

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is an open-weight multimodal artificial intelligence model developed by DeepSeek for advanced reasoning, software engineering, visual understanding, and autonomous AI agent workflows. Released on October 17, 2026, it builds on DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash with improvements in coding performance, agentic task execution, and reasoning efficiency. The model supports text and image inputs, tool calling, configurable reasoning effort, and multistep problem-solving. Its one-million-token context window enables developers to process lengthy documents, extensive codebases, and complex sequences of instructions. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 also supports end-to-end software development, including application generation, debugging, automated testing, and interactive project creation. The model is available through the DeepSeek API and downloadable weights under the MIT License, supporting both hosted and self-managed deployment.

About

Inkling 2 Small is a multimodal AI model developed by Thinking Machines Lab for advanced reasoning, autonomous software engineering, visual understanding, and AI agent development. The model uses a mixture-of-experts architecture with 594 billion total parameters and 17 billion active parameters to balance intelligence and computational efficiency. It supports text and image inputs, a context window of up to one million tokens, and configurable reasoning effort for tasks requiring different levels of analysis. Its agentic capabilities enable autonomous code generation, debugging, website development, scientific research, and complex multistep workflows involving external tools. Inkling 2 Small also supports fine-tuning and reinforcement learning through Thinking Machines Lab's Tinker platform, allowing developers to customize the model for specialized applications.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

AI developers, software engineers, machine learning researchers, data scientists, enterprise development teams, and organizations seeking open-weight multimodal models for autonomous agents, software development, long-context reasoning, visual analysis, and customizable AI applications

Audience

AI developers, machine learning engineers, software developers, autonomous agent researchers, data scientists, AI research laboratories, DevOps professionals, computational scientists, enterprise AI teams, and organizations seeking multimodal language models, long-context reasoning, AI coding agents, reinforcement learning, model fine-tuning, visual understanding, and autonomous research capabilities

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$0.30 per million input tokens
$0.30 per million input tokens, $0.03 per million cached input tokens, and $1.00 per million output tokens
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • What I notice most is how much better it is at actually finishing coding and agent tasks. It feels less meandering than the original V4.1 Flash and gets through multi-step work with fewer wasted tokens. The benchmark jump is pretty serious too. DeepSeek reports 77.0 on DeepSWE v1.1, 42.3 on Terminal-Bench 4.0, and 60.5 on Automation-Bench, all meaningfully higher than the previous V4.1 Flash release. I also like the project-building improvements. DeepSeek specifically trained this version with reinforcement learning and self-feedback for end-to-end development, including full web projects, games, and 3D work.

Cons

  • The main downside is infrastructure if you want to run the open weights yourself. The full model is huge, so most people are still going to be better off using the hosted API.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

DeepSeek
Founded: 2023
China
deepseek.com

Company Information

Thinking Machines Lab
Founded: 2025
United States
thinkingmachines.ai/

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Categories

Categories

Integrations

Buda Supported
Cheaper Inference Supported
Cline Supported
ClinePass Supported
DeepSeek Supported
DeepSeek Harness Supported
DeepSeek-V4 Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Not Supported
Novita AI Supported
Offloop Supported
OpenClaw Supported
OpenTag Supported
Oxlo.ai Supported
Reasonix Supported
SnapVee Studio Supported
Tinker Not Supported
Together AI Supported
Vercel AI Gateway Supported
ZooClaw Supported

Integrations

Buda Not Supported
Cheaper Inference Not Supported
Cline Not Supported
ClinePass Not Supported
DeepSeek Not Supported
DeepSeek Harness Not Supported
DeepSeek-V4 Not Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
Novita AI Not Supported
Offloop Not Supported
OpenClaw Not Supported
OpenTag Not Supported
Oxlo.ai Not Supported
Reasonix Not Supported
SnapVee Studio Not Supported
Tinker Supported
Together AI Not Supported
Vercel AI Gateway Not Supported
ZooClaw Not Supported
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