Paper Instruments launched Ultramarine 1 Flash for professional knowledge work (finance, law, consulting, ops)—API at $0.15/$0.50 per 1M in/out, claims Fable-class JobBench 62.9 and ~60x cheaper than Fable per task; delivers Excel/PPT/Word and ERP/MES workflows; weights coming soon on Hugging Face, training code MIT.
Parallax is a Windows/Linux desktop workspace that runs Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity or any shell in named panes with a built-in editor, local Git, session directory, voice chat, and saved layouts—agents stay independent (no auto-orchestration); local-only data; subscription required ($11.99/mo or $99.99/yr USD) plus your provider plans.
DeepSeek shipped standalone Search (`POST /v1/tools/search`) and Fetch (`POST /v1/tools/fetch` → Markdown) APIs for agents/RAG: $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests each (empty/failed free); Claude Code built-in Web Search and Codex `web_search` waive Search fees for the first two weeks after launch, then standard pricing—docs live under Search & Fetch on api-docs.deepseek.com.