deepseek v4.1 flash on together ai is leading on ttft for pre-warmed queries
for agent workflows, that startup time shows up again on every model turn, so shaving it down matters more as the loop gets longer
we’ve been pushing hard on the serving path to keep that overhead as low as possible
omg @togethercompute I love you. this is time to first token for every provider for Deepseek v4.1 flash. you guys CRUSH on pre-warmed queries. there's no other game in town