Insiders Say DeepSeek V4 Will Beat Claude and ChatGPT at Coding, Launch Within Weeks
DeepSeek, a Hangzhou-based AI startup, is rumored to release its V4 model around mid-February 2026, with a focus on high-accuracy code generation for developers. Internal sources claim V4 outperforms top models like OpenAI's GPT and Anthropic's Claude, especially on long code prompts, though no official benchmarks have been shared. DeepSeek previously disrupted the industry with its R1 reasoning model, which matched OpenAI’s performance at a fraction of the development cost, and its V3 model surpassed Claude’s scores on key math benchmarks. V4 represents a strategic shift to hybrid reasoning and coding tasks, aiming for dominance against current leaders such as Claude Opus 4.5. The company’s technical advancement centers on a new training method called Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections (mHC), which boosts model capacity while avoiding training instability, even under hardware constraints due to U.S. export restrictions. Despite enthusiasm from developers and rapid adoption in Asia, DeepSeek faces privacy concerns, criticism over real-world performance, and geopolitical scrutiny. If V4’s performance matches the rumors, it could accelerate enterprise adoption beyond Asia.
