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98d agoDeepSeek Makes Massive Model Discounts Permanent
DeepSeek permanently slashed prices for V4-Pro, charging just $0.435 per million input tokens. This pricing sits at least 34 times below GPT-5.5 for output tokens. The aggressive move targets high-volume agentic systems.
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Such deep cuts force Western providers to either lower their margins or find new ways to justify premium pricing.