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Ant Group's Richard Bian: flash models mean speed, not small size

Amid DeepSeek's V4.1-Flash update, Ant Group's Richard Bian explains that flash denotes speed rather than small size and why the industry keeps shipping flash models.

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@Valley101enArchived 11 days agoOriginally posted 2026.10.20

Silicon Valley 101 @Valley101enOriginally posted 2026.10.20

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DeepSeek updated V4.1-Flash. But what does “flash” really mean? Small? Fast? Cheap? @AntGroup's Richard Bian (@RichSFO) tells @itsyiwenlu why flash means speed, not size—and why the industry keeps releasing flash models. Watch the full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxSjg9Cd18A

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