# QwQ-32B — Deprecated — shutdown 6/25/2025

For QwQ-32B, provider is SambaNova; lifecycle status is Deprecated; deprecation announced is June 11, 2025; shutdown / retirement date is 6/25/2025; recommended replacement is DeepSeek-V3-0324, Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct; platform / deployment scope is SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack), recorded from its source on 2026-09-15.

- **Provider:** SambaNova _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** QwQ-32B _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Deprecated _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Deprecation announced:** June 11, 2025 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 6/25/2025 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** DeepSeek-V3-0324, Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> QwQ-32B | 6/25/2025 | DeepSeek-V3-0324, Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Lifecycle status

> Models that are being deprecated and moved to SambaStack only:

### Deprecation announced

> June 25, 2025 On June 11, 2025, SambaNova notified users of the following model deprecations and category changes, which were moved from Production to Preview.

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Provider

docs.sambanova.ai says provider is **SambaNova**, as of 2026-09-15.

> QwQ-32B | 6/25/2025 | DeepSeek-V3-0324, Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |

Source: https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations

docs.together.ai says provider is **Together AI**, as of 2026-09-15.

> | 2025-11-13                  | `Qwen/QwQ-32B`                                      | No                                         |

Source: https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md


### Lifecycle status

docs.sambanova.ai says lifecycle status is **Deprecated**, as of 2026-09-15.

> QwQ-32B | 6/25/2025 | DeepSeek-V3-0324, Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |

Source: https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations

docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is **Removed**, as of 2026-09-15.

> | 2025-11-13                  | `Qwen/QwQ-32B`                                      | No                                         |

Source: https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md


### Shutdown / retirement date

docs.sambanova.ai says shutdown / retirement date is **6/25/2025**, as of 2026-09-15.

> QwQ-32B | 6/25/2025 | DeepSeek-V3-0324, Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |

Source: https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations

docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is **2025-11-13**, as of 2026-09-15.

> | 2025-11-13                  | `Qwen/QwQ-32B`                                      | No                                         |

Source: https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md


### Platform / deployment scope

docs.sambanova.ai says platform / deployment scope is **SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack)**, as of 2026-09-15.

> QwQ-32B | 6/25/2025 | DeepSeek-V3-0324, Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct |

Source: https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations

docs.together.ai says platform / deployment scope is **Together AI serverless inference**, as of 2026-09-15.

> | 2025-11-13                  | `Qwen/QwQ-32B`                                      | No                                         |

Source: https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md


## Source

- https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations
- https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

Last verified: 2026-09-15. Review by: 2026-10-15.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).