DeepSeek hits $70.7M revenue in 7 months with 82.9% API margin
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-26
According to The Information, DeepSeek generated $70.7 million in revenue over 7 months with an API gross margin of 82.9% and a company-wide margin of 44.6%. Profitability is attributed to infrastructure optimization that lowered inference costs. Despite a recent 4.6x price increase for V4-Pro during peak hours, prices remain well below competitors. However, infrastructure spending was roughly 23 times revenue, indicating significant capital pressure.
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