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Together AI deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1 model retirement

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Together AI retired model deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1 on May 14, 2026. Calls specifying this model fail since that date. Dedicated on-demand endpoints do not support it.


What to use instead of deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1

The previously suggested deepseek-ai/deepseek-v3.1 also stopped working on May 14, 2026. No working replacement is named yet.

In Together AI's words

Removal date: 2026-05-14; Model: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1; Supported by on-demand dedicated endpoints: No

Together AI, Deprecations page

Facts

API
Together AI api.together.xyz
Model
deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1
Released
January 1, 2025 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
May 14, 2026
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Together AI's own pages

Questions

When does deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1 shut down?

Calls to the model deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1 on Together AI stopped working on May 14, 2026.

What happens to calls after May 14, 2026?

They have failed since May 14, 2026.

When was deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1 released?

deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1 was released on January 1, 2025, according to models.dev.

How do I find the calls this hits in my code?

Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.


deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1 on other APIs 6

  1. DeepInfra deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1Model retirement Stopped working
  2. Azure AI Foundry deepseek-r1Model retirement Stopped working
  3. Novita AI deepseek/deepseek-r1Model retirement Stopped working
  4. Together AI deepseek-r1Model retirement Redirected
  5. No date Alibaba Model Studio deepseek-r1Model retirement Deprecated, no date
  6. No date iFlow deepseek-r1Model retirement Deprecated, no date

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