DeepSeek Enters Price War With Permanent V4-Pro Discount

DeepSeek has made its flagship V4-Pro model's price cut permanent, a move that is set to intensify the ongoing price war in the AI industry. The company announced on Saturday that it would keep the 75% discount on its API output tokens indefinitely, dropping costs to as low as $0.0035 per million tokens.

The new pricing structure will make it more feasible for certain applications to run on DeepSeek's platform, particularly those that require high volumes of token usage such as crypto trading bots and DeFi agents. These agents can burn through millions of tokens per session, making the $0.87 per million output token cost of V4-Pro a significant advantage over competitors.

The price cut has been met with skepticism by some, who have questioned whether it will be sustainable in the long term. However, DeepSeek's move is seen as a bold attempt to gain market share in an increasingly competitive industry.