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Fikra API @fikraapi · 2026-10-18 Announcement

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step-5-preview scores 8.2/100 on Fikra Eval 500 (preview: unstable)

step-5-preview scored 8.2/100 on Fikra Eval 500. The upstream model is a preview release that degenerates on long prompts (repetition loops) with very high latency. Genuine numbers, unstable model.

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Fikra ran the model step-5-preview through the Fikra Eval 500 platform benchmark (500 tasks). The model scored 8.2/100 overall with an average latency of ~9.5 minutes per request.

Upstream preview caveat: Step 5 currently degenerates on long prompts (repetition loops) and runs extremely slowly on test workloads. These results are real, but the model itself is unstable. For production use today, prefer deepseek-v4.1-flash or the free fikra-free-deepseek.

We will re-run this benchmark as upstream Step 5 improves.

Fikra API
Fikra API @fikraapi · 2026-10-18 Announcement

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glm-5.3-flash: 80.2/100 on the Fikra Eval 500 benchmark

glm-5.3-flash scored 80.2/100 on Fikra Eval 500.

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Fikra ran the model glm-5.3-flash through the Fikra Eval 500 platform benchmark (500 tasks). The model scored 80.2/100 overall with an average latency of 18890 ms.

Top categories: arithmetic (96.36/100), instruction_following (96.0/100), data_manipulation (92.86/100).

Full results and comparison with other Fikra models: https://fikraapi.co.ke/benchmark/glm-5.3-flash

Fikra API
Fikra API @fikraapi · 2026-10-18 Announcement

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Deepseek V4.1 Flash 0731 is now available in Fikra API

Deepseek V4.1 FLah 0731 is a new model from Deepseek with pareto performance improvements

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Stronger benchmark performance, faster task completion, and shorter outputs than the previous version—a Pareto improvement in performance and cost. Now live on our API.

🛠️ Optimized for DeepSeekHarness , Tencent CodeBuddy, WorkBuddy, and now Fikra API

Fikra API
Fikra API @fikraapi · 2026-10-16 New model
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NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is now available in Fikra API

A new open model from NVIDIA with 120B total parameters with 12B active

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Meet NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

A new open model combines reasoning and tool use with text, image, document, and video understanding for long-running AI agents.

120B total parameters with 12B active

Fikra API
Fikra API @fikraapi · 2026-10-16 New model
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Step 5 Preview is now avaiable in Fikra API

Step 5 Preview is a new flagship model from Stepfun AI

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Introducing Step 5 Preview: Advancing the Pareto Frontier.

Step 5 Preview is a new flagship model from Stepfun AI for agentic work, delivering frontier-level performance across software engineering and professional knowledge work, with particular strength in finance.

  • 600B total / 27B active MoE, with 1M context + Vision
  • Substantially lower task cost at comparable intelligence
  • Broad software engineering capabilities with sustained execution over long horizons
  • Now open weights
Fikra API
Fikra API @fikraapi · 2026-10-13 New model
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Gemini 4 Argon is now available in Fikra API

Gemini 4 Argon, Google's latest frontier model, is now live on Fikra API from day 0

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Gemini 4 Argon, Google's latest frontier model, is now live on Fikra API from day 0. Use it through the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint you already use, with no new SDK and no separate Google account.

Google built Argon for deep work in complex, real-world tasks: software engineering, finance and legal analysis, cybersecurity defense, and scientific reasoning. It is a new model, not a fine-tune of an earlier one.

Highlights

  • Frontier agentic coding. 77.9% on DeepSWE v1.1 and 91.9% on Vibe Code Bench.
  • Enterprise knowledge work. 68.9% on the Vals Index and 65.4% on Vals Finance Agent v2.
  • Long context that holds up. 84.2% on GraphWalks at 256k to 1M tokens.
  • Deep visual understanding. 91.7% on LVBench and 71.6% on Chartography.
  • Multimodal inputs. Text, images, audio and video in, text out.

Benchmark figures are reported by Google in the Gemini 4 Argon model card. Methodology is published by Google DeepMind.

Model details

Model ID gemini-4-argon
Architecture Sparse mixture-of-experts transformer
Input Text, images [, audio, video]
Output Text
Context window 1M tokens (input + output combined)
Knowledge cutoff March 2026
Input price $2.50 / 1M tokens
Output price $12.00 / 1M tokens
Streaming Yes

Billing works like every other Fikra model: prompt and completion tokens are metered separately and deducted from your USD wallet. M-Pesa and card top-ups both work.

Try it

curl https://api.fikraapi.co.ke/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIKRA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemini-4-argon",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, Argon."}],
    "stream": true
  }'

Or with the OpenAI Python SDK:

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.fikraapi.co.ke/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_FIKRA_API_KEY",
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gemini-4-argon",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, Argon."}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

Get started

  1. Create an account or log in to your dashboard.
  2. Top up your wallet and generate an API key.
  3. Set model to gemini-4-argon.

You can also try it in the browser at fikraapi.co.ke/models/gemini-4-argon/play before writing any code.

Good to know

  • Like all foundation models, Argon can hallucinate, and you may see occasional slowness or timeouts at launch.
  • Its knowledge cutoff is March 2026, and some domains may be less current.
  • Use is subject to Google's Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy.
  • Questions or issues? Reach us at [email protected].
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