Release DeepBrainz-R1 reasoning-first SLMs

README.md

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+### 🚀 Introducing DeepBrainz-R1 — Reasoning-First Small Language Models for Agentic Systems
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+Today we’re releasing **DeepBrainz-R1**, a family of **reasoning-first Small Language Models (SLMs)** designed for **agentic AI systems in real-world production**.
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+Agentic systems don’t ask once — they reason repeatedly. Tool calls, verification loops, schema-constrained outputs, retries, and long-context planning fundamentally change the economics and reliability requirements of language models. LLM-only stacks struggle under this load.
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+DeepBrainz-R1 is built from the opposite premise:
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+> **Reasoning is a trained behavior, not an emergent side-effect of scale.**
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+#### What DeepBrainz-R1 is designed for
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+* **Repeatable multi-step reasoning**, not one-shot chat
+* **Agent-compatible behavior**: tool use, structured outputs, low-variance reasoning
+* **Production economics**: lower latency, predictable cost, deployability
+* **Inference-time scalability**: compute where needed, not everywhere
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+#### The R1 lineup
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+* **DeepBrainz-R1-4B** — *Flagship production model*
+  Best starting point for reliable agentic systems.
+* **DeepBrainz-R1-2B** — *Balanced production model*
+  Strong reasoning with lower cost and latency.
+* **DeepBrainz-R1-0.6B-v2** — *Canonical small model*
+  Cost-efficient baseline for small-model agent workloads.
+* **Long-context variants (16K / 40K)** — early and experimental
+* **Research checkpoints** — raw artifacts for ablation and evaluation
+* **Community quantizations (GGUF, low-bit)** — community-maintained, not officially supported
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+We publish **supported releases, experimental variants, and research checkpoints separately** to keep expectations clear for builders, enterprises, and researchers.
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+#### Why now
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+2026 is the year agentic AI stops being a demo and starts becoming infrastructure. Infrastructure cannot rely on LLM-only economics or LLM-only reliability.
+**Reasoning-first SLMs are the only viable path to scaling agents sustainably.**
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+— **DeepBrainz AI & Labs**
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 # DeepBrainz-R1-4B