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… DeepSeek announced that month that it was going to make the discounted prices permanent , but it ultimately decided to proceed with the price hikes. Even though DeepSeek will soon cost four times more, its V4 models are still a lot more affordable than many of its competitors. …
… The report suggests DeepSeek is already in talks with manufacturing partners and has quietly begun hiring engineers to support the effort. Of course, given the various import and export bans, we probably won't see any of DeepSeek's tech leaving China. …
… Welcome to the era of cost-effective 1M context length. 🔹 DeepSeek-V4-Pro: 1.6T total / 49B active params. Performance rivaling the world's top closed-source models. 🔹 DeepSeek-V4-Flash: 284B total / 13B active params.... pic.twitter.com/n1AgwMIymu — DeepSeek @deepseek ai April 24, 2026
DeepSeek permanently reduces the price of its flagship V4 model by 75 percent The lower prices could be aimed at undercutting the competition. By Jackson Chen May 23, 2026 11:31 am EST DeepSeek is leaning hard into being the "cost-effective" choice for AI agents. …