DeepSeek V4 Is Out — And the AI Race Between China and the US Just Got Hotter
DeepSeek V4 China AI Open Source AI AI Race 2026 AI News Remember January 2025, when a little-known Chinese AI company called DeepSeek released a model that rattled Silicon Valley and sent tech stocks tumbling? That moment, later dubbed the "DeepSeek moment," showed the world that top-tier AI did not have to come from American labs with billion-dollar budgets. In late April 2026, DeepSeek is back — and the AI world is watching closely again. The company has released a preview of its new flagship model, DeepSeek V4, and while the reaction has been more measured this time around, the technology behind it is genuinely impressive and carries important implications for developers, businesses, and anyone who follows the global AI race. What Is Dee pSeek V4? DeepSeek V4 comes in two versions: V4-Pro and V4-Flash . The Pro version is a Mixture-of-Experts model with 1.6 trillion parameters — though in practice only 49 b...