# DeepSeek V4.1-Flash Update Ships Search APIs

> DeepSeek releases V4.1-Flash update with Search and Fetch APIs for agent workloads.
- Title: DeepSeek V4.1-Flash Update Ships Search APIs · Dealroom
- Summary: DeepSeek releases V4.1-Flash update with Search and Fetch APIs for agent workloads. DeepSeek ships V4.1-Flash model update with Search and Fetch APIs to…
- Keywords: deepseek, v4.1-flash, search apis, agent workloads, hugging face, modelscope, mit licence, deepseek harness, code buddy, work buddy, shanghai ipo, claudes opus 5
- Source: Dealroom — https://dealroom.co/news/163453-deepseek-moves-up-the-stack-v4-1-flash-update-ships-alongside-its-own-se
- Published: 2026-10-17T14:13:06+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: deepseek, v4.1-flash, search apis, agent workloads, hugging face, modelscope, mit licence, deepseek harness, code buddy, work buddy, shanghai ipo, claudes opus 5
## What happened
DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on October 17, an update to the V4.1-Flash model it launched in September.
## The numbers
The update scores 77.0 on DeepSWE v1.1 coding benchmark, ahead of Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol.
## Beyond the model
DeepSeek opened Search and Fetch APIs for all developers with in-house search engine serving hundreds of millions of requests daily.
## Key takeaway

DeepSeek ships V4.1-Flash model update with Search and Fetch APIs to boost agent capabilities at low cost.