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DeepSeek-V3.1: Hybrid Thinking Model Now Available on Together AI

Together AI 27 August 2025, 00:00

DeepSeek-V3.1, an MIT-licensed hybrid model that switches between thinking and non-thinking modes, became available on Together AI's platform. The model achieved 66% on SWE-bench Verified, a code-solving benchmark. Users can now deploy the model serverlessly with a 99.9% uptime guarantee.

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Access DeepSeek-V3.1 on Together AI: MIT-licensed hybrid model with thinking/non-thinking modes, 66% SWE-bench Verified, serverless deployment, 99.9% SLA.

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TLDRocket 21 July 2026

The open-weight AI model market hit an inflection point today as Alibaba and Kimi released trillion-parameter competitors that challenge the closed-model orthodoxy—just as Washington moved to restrict them. Alibaba's Qwen 3.8 Max (2.4 trillion parameters) and Kimi K3 (2.8T) are going open-weight, with K3 ranking first on Frontend Web App Arena and fourth on agentic benchmarks, signaling that scale and transparency can coexist. The timing matters: while U.S. policymakers weigh layered restrictions on Chinese open models, technical experts are pushing back hard, arguing that closed gardens actually hurt security and competition more than they help. The real fragmentation risk isn't technical—it's regulatory.

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