Venice app and API upgrade to DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
A Base daily recap notes Venice upgraded its app and API to the 1017 build of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, stressing full privacy and claiming it beats leading open and frontier models on most benchmarks.
Base Daily Recap - October 19 NEWS ■ @base Base fixes the traditional 3-5 business day problem. ■ @jessepollak Stock memes on Base work for grandma and grandpa too. STATS ■ @OpenGradient Fastest week yet. 3.6 billion tokens in seven days and 160,000+ new requests. Past 1.25 million private inferences and 17.1 billion tokens total. ■ @stambouli_o1 o1 Exchange Launchpad now lists 176 stocks across 14 categories with $7.3M in onchain liquidity on Base. ECOSYSTEM ■ @twigpine Twigpine Console and Opengateway are unified. One endpoint, 12 models, one console for keys, credits, and usage. ■ @reppo x402 is now supported on the Eval API. Agents can access on-demand evals without traditional payment rails. ■ @Uptopia_xyz MCPORT beta is live on Base. Builders list skills, workflows, and MCP servers. Agents buy them with USDC via x402. Smart escrow pays only after successful delivery. ■ @basemateagent Send Nokia stock to friends on Base via iMessage or the Basemate skill with Apple Pay. iOS app and widget coming. ■ @DromosLabs A new primitive arrives in three days on Aero. Prediction market truth-finding and asymmetric upside applied to spot markets for the first time. ■ @AskVenice DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is upgraded in the Venice app and API. Fully private. The 1017 version outscores leading open and frontier models on most benchmarks. ■ @twigpine Project Treetop Round 01 (Games) received so many entries that the winner reveal moves to October 26. $1,000 USDC on Base to one builder. LAUNCH ■ @Uptopia_xyz MCPORT beta is open. Marketplace for agent capabilities with instant USDC micropayments on Base. ■ @stambouli_o1 o1 Launchpad UI is revamped with a dedicated stock catalog page. Only canonical Coinbase-issued Base stock tokens are listed. ■ @openlaunch_lol community pairs are live on openlaunch.