DeepSeek V4 API Prices Surge by 355%: End of Subsidized AI Compute?
himanshustwts · x · 2026-08-13
A tweet highlights a massive 355% price increase for the DeepSeek V4 models' API.
- Cited breaking news indicates the cost of DeepSeek's flagship V4 Pro model has jumped from $0.87 to $3.96 per million tokens.
- The author remarks that this signals the end of the era of heavily subsidized AI compute.
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