DeepSeek API Hits 70%-80% Gross Margin
bookwormengr · x · 2026-07-15
According to recent reports, DeepSeek has achieved an impressive 70% to 80% gross margin by selling access to its v4 API.
Despite maintaining highly competitive API pricing, the company sustains extremely healthy profit margins. To understand the engineering optimizations and cost-control strategies behind this, the author points to a deep-dive technical breakdown.
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