DeepSeek reportedly profits at $0.15/$0.60 off-peak pricing — the price Western labs must beat
arthurcolle · x · 2026-10-21
Commenting on a swyx thread, Lio Cicolecchia notes that if accurate, DeepSeek makes money serving at $0.15 input / $0.60 output per million tokens at its off-peak prices.
Since the weights are open and anyone can host it, that's the price point Western labs have to sell against.
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