Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Models & Labs

DeepSeek makes its DeepInfer inference framework fully open source

DeepSeek has made its in-house inference framework, DeepInfer, fully open source. DeepSeek says this will help make AI more affordable, and that DeepInfer powers its DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash model at scale, with high throughput and low latency.

NoteFor banks and payment firms that run models on their own infrastructure, the cost of inference is a budget line. DeepSeek is sharing its production stack with the community.

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Deals

Mural raises $15 million Series A led by Tether to scale agentic finance

Financial infrastructure company Mural said it has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Tether, the issuer of USDT. The round will support its global expansion and its regulatory and payments infrastructure for agentic finance.

$15MSeries A round, led by Tether

NoteTether led the round, and its CEO, Paolo Ardoino, says that as agents start moving money, the link to banks, payment networks and compliance systems becomes essential.

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