Discuss: Deepseek ships cheaper Flash model for agents and opens its search engine via API

This is the discussion thread for our news brief Deepseek ships cheaper Flash model for agents and opens its search engine via API.

Deepseek's V4.1-Flash-1017 claims higher coding scores at a fraction of rival per-task costs, and its search tools are now open to developers.

What does this change for you or your team? Share your take.