GLM-4's Closed API Model Lasted Just Four Months Before DeepSeek V2 Price Cuts
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-11-09
GLM-4 launched in January 2024: 200B parameters, roughly 90% of GPT-4 on contemporary benchmarks, closed and sold only via API. It lasted four months — DeepSeek V2 slashed API prices and everyone followed. Charging for what rivals give away couldn't hold, pushing Zhipu toward open weights.
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