DeepSeek V4 Becomes Default Model for OpenClaw · TechNode
OpenClaw made DeepSeek V4 Flash its default model as the Chinese startup’s Huawei-optimized release drew scrutiny over China’s AI hardware push.
- On Sunday, OpenClaw expanded its catalogue to include DeepSeek's V4 Flash and V4 Pro models, integrating Google Meet capabilities into the agent.
- Hangzhou-Based DeepSeek launched its open-source V4 models on Friday, with Huawei Technologies announcing 'full support' from its Ascend chips for model inference.
- AI engineer Daniel Dewhurst said open models are 'further closing the gap' with closed systems, while the Pro version outperforms other open-source models, trailing only Google's Gemini-Pro-3.1.
- The V4 release sent shares of rivals Zhipu AI and MiniMax tumbling 9 percent, while DeepSeek seeks funding at a valuation exceeding US$20 billion with Alibaba and Tencent discussing stakes.
- Ahead of President Donald Trump's scheduled Beijing visit next month, the White House has accused China of stealing intellectual property, while Western governments restrict DeepSeek's use citing data privacy concerns.
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DeepSeek V4 becomes default model for OpenClaw · TechNode
The global open source agent framework OpenClaw released its 2026.4.24 version on Sunday, bringing both DeepSeek V4 models into its core ecosystem. V4 Flash, designed with 284 billion parameters and 13 billion activated parameters, is now the default model, delivering Max mode inference performance close to the 1.6 trillion parameter V4 Pro. Meanwhile, V4 Pro, recognized as the world’s largest open source model, has also been added to the model …
DeepSeek launches V4 model adapted for Huawei AI chips
DeepSeek launches V4 for Huawei AI chips. Targets long-context agent tasks. DeepSeek launched a preview version of its V4 artificial intelligence model on Friday, with the Chinese startup adapting the system for Huawei chip technology, according to Reuters. The release is a closer technical link between DeepSeek and Huawei after DeepSeek’s earlier V3 and R1 models were trained on Nvidia chips. Huawei said its chips were used for part of V4-Flash…
The global race for artificial intelligence has so far been based on a hardware and software base largely dominated by Nvidia accelerators and American proprietary models. A complete Chinese AI chain now takes shape in parallel, from silicon to agents. DeepSeek V4, published on Friday in open-weights, works natively on Huawei Ascend and Cambricon accelerators. It [...] The post DeepSeek V4 releases in open-weights on a complete Chinese IA chain …
Read the full article on stephaneLarue.com DeepSeek unveils V4-Pro (1.6T settings) and V4-Flash: MIT license, context 1M tokens and 75% cheaper rates than GPT-5.5.
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