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DeepSeek R1

Developed by DeepSeek

Modality: Text • Context: 128k • Open Source
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Overview

DeepSeek R1 is a frontier reasoning model focusing on 'DeepThink' step-by-step logic, math, and code generation. It uses reinforcement learning to reason through complex problems, matching closed-source frontier models. Released January 2025, it remains the leading open-source reasoning model as of May 2026, with R2 still unreleased. Its chain-of-thought approach has influenced the design of subsequent reasoning models across the industry.

Model Specifications

Provider: DeepSeek
Modality / Type: Text
Pricing Model: Open Source
Context Window: 128k
Release Date: Jan 20, 2025

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