DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 verified at 89.0 percent on ARC-AGI-1 at max effort for 0.02 dollars per task

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Summary: ARC Prize published verified semi-private scores for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731. At max effort it scores 89.0 percent on ARC-AGI-1 at 0.02 dollars per task and 61.4 percent on ARC-AGI-2 at 0.04 dollars per task. The high and low reasoning variants score 87.0 and 84.0 percent on ARC-AGI-1 and 56.0 and 46.0 percent on ARC-AGI-2. ARC Prize publishes per-task cost only for the max-effort run.
Why it matters: A third-party verified score paired with a per-task cost for the max-effort run gives a measured price point for reasoning-heavy agent work instead of a vendor claim.
Follow-up: Record any DeepSeek or investor statement on the suspended funding round tracked in f-0004.