DeepSeek cuts V4-Pro prices by 75%
11 hours ago
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- DeepSeek offers a 75% discount on its V4-Pro model until May 5, 2026, and cuts cache-hit prices to one-tenth for frequent users.
- At full price, DeepSeek-V4-Pro already undercuts major U.S. AI models like GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, and Gemini 3.1 Pro on per-token costs.
- The V4-Pro model is a large open-weight mixture-of-experts model with 1.6 trillion parameters, optimized for Huawei and Cambricon chips, not Nvidia.
- DeepSeek's strategy combines open-source access, aggressive pricing, and a 1 million-token context window to lower barriers for developers and enterprises.
- The pricing move occurs amid U.S. accusations of Chinese firms distilling American AI models, with DeepSeek responding competitively rather than directly addressing the claims.