# Together AI adds DeepSeek's coding update to its API for agent workloads

> Source: <https://runtimewire.com/article/together-ai-deepseek-v41-flash-1017-api>
> Published: 2026-10-19 14:43:27+00:00

# Together AI adds DeepSeek's coding update to its API for agent workloads

**DeepSeek released V4.1 Flash 1017 on October 17th; Together AI said it was live through its API on October 19th. The listing prices it at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens.**

        By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff)
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Primary source: [Aligned News - AI Intelligence](https://x.com/togethercompute/status/2112049317158776857)

## Why it matters

Together AI's API makes DeepSeek's October 17th coding update available to developers, with pricing posted by the provider. DeepSeek's benchmark gains are self-reported, so customer workloads will determine whether the refresh earns sustained use.

[Together AI](https://www.together.ai/about-us?ref=runtimewire), the model-serving company led by [Vipul Ved Prakash (@vipulved)](https://x.com/vipulved?ref=runtimewire), said on October 19th that DeepSeek's V4.1 Flash 1017 coding model was live through its API. [DeepSeek's release notes](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news261017/?ref=runtimewire) date the model release to October 17th and say it uses [reinforcement learning](https://runtimewire.com/models/huggingface/lobonexequiel-reinforcement-learning-daff1a058d32e2ca) with self-feedback to improve end-to-end project work.…

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