Developer Analysis Shows Rented GPUs Can Cover DeepSeek API Costs

Developers recently analyzed the economics behind DeepSeek's API pricing, revealing that even with rented GPUs, the company's extremely low prices can still be profitable. This suggests their previous pricing strategy was not operating at a loss.

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