Deepseek R1 is available for everyone in Vertex AI Model Garden

In our ongoing effort to provide businesses with the flexibility and choice needed to build innovative AI applications, we are expanding the catalog of open models available as Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) offerings in Vertex AI Model Garden. Following the addition of Llama 4 models earlier this year, we are announcing DeepSeek R1 is available for everyone through our Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) offering. This expansion reinforces our commitment to an open AI ecosystem, ensuring our customers can access a diverse range of powerful models to find the one best suited for their specific use case.

Deploying and managing today's large-scale models presents operational and financial challenges. For instance, a large model such as DeepSeek R1 can require an infrastructure of eight advanced H200 GPUs to run inference. For many organizations, procuring and managing such resources is a major undertaking that can divert focus from core application development.

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