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OpenAI and Anthropic Cut AI Model Prices Amid China Rivalry
OpenAI and Anthropic have drastically reduced flagship AI model API prices, with cuts reaching 80 percent, to compete against cheaper Chinese alternatives from DeepSeek and Moonshot. This shift is reshaping the economics of AI inference and application…
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Model chronicle · DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
api-docs.deepseek.com (source, opens in a new tab)DeepSeek-V4-Pro (GA)
api-docs.deepseek.com (source, opens in a new tab)DeepSeek-V4-Flash
api-docs.deepseek.com (source, opens in a new tab)DeepSeek-V4 (Pro & Flash preview)
V4-Pro and V4-Flash preview with a million-token context; legacy deepseek-chat/reasoner retired.
deepseek.com (source, opens in a new tab)DeepSeek-V3.2
api-docs.deepseek.com (source, opens in a new tab)DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
api-docs.deepseek.com (source, opens in a new tab)DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
api-docs.deepseek.com (source, opens in a new tab)DeepSeek-V3.1
api-docs.deepseek.com (source, opens in a new tab)DeepSeek-R1-0528
api-docs.deepseek.com (source, opens in a new tab)DeepSeek-V3-0324
api-docs.deepseek.com (source, opens in a new tab)
Sources: company announcements & release notes.
Fact box
- HQ
- Hangzhou, China
- Founded
- 2023
- CEO
- Liang Wenfeng
- Valuation
- >$50B post-money (Jun 2026, reported)
- Core products
- DeepSeek-V4 · DeepSeek-R1 · DeepSeek Chat · API
- Latest round
- ¥50B+ First external round · Jun 2026
- Stories
- 73
Sources: deepseek.com, reuters.com
Latest on X
DeepSeek · @deepseek_ai
🚀 Introducing DeepInfer, our in-house inference framework, now fully open source! Powering DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash at scale with high throughput and low latency. We’re sharing our production stack to help the community lower compute costs, reduce energy use, and make AI more
🚀 DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is here! Stronger benchmark performance, faster task completion, and shorter outputs than the previous version—a Pareto improvement in performance and cost. Now live on our website, app, and API. 🛠️ Optimized for @DeepSeekHarness, Tencent CodeBuddy,
Please check out @DeepSeekHarness. We just released packaged desktop versions for macOS and Windows; Linux users can get it from the @deepseek-ai/dsh package on npm.
🚀 Introducing DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: smarter, faster, more efficient. 🔹 Introducing the smallest model in our new architecture family, with native visual understanding. 🔹 Designed for greater capability, faster inference, higher throughput, and scaling to larger models. 1/6
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp is now live on the DeepSeek API Platform! 🚀 🔹 This experimental multimodal model matches DeepSeek-V4-Flash on text capabilities—including agents, reasoning, and world knowledge. 🔹 On multimodal agent benchmarks, V4-Flash-Vision-Exp makes a major
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Deals & funding
DeepSeek · rounds, valuations, partners, acquisitions · $7.4B raised in tracked primary rounds
Funding
DeepSeek closes first external round of over $7B
Per The Information via Reuters: >¥50B (~$7.4B) at a post-money valuation above $50B, with an unusual deal structure.
reuters.com (source, opens in a new tab)
All 1 rounds & deals as a table · 1 funding, 0 partnerships, 0 acquisitions
| Date | Event | Type | Counterparty / round | Amount | Valuation | Source |
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| Jun 16, 2026 | DeepSeek closes first external round of over $7B Per The Information via Reuters: >¥50B (~$7.4B) at a post-money valuation above $50B, with an unusual deal structure. | Funding | First external round | ¥50B+ | $50B | reuters.com |
Sources: press reports.
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DeepSeek AI: Low-Cost Models Challenging OpenAI and Anthropic
DeepSeek’s efficient MoE models rival Western labs at fraction of the cost. Analyze TCO, compliance risks, and enterprise…
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DeepSeek Targets STAR Market IPO to Finance AI Infrastructure
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek engages CITIC Securities for a Shanghai STAR Market IPO, aiming to fund compute needs…
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DeepSeek Hits $1B ARR After API Price Increases
DeepSeek reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate after raising API prices. Discover what this means for…
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DeepSeek Hits $1 Billion Annualized Revenue Run Rate
DeepSeek reaches a $1 billion revenue run rate through ultra-efficient models and low pricing. Discover how this growth…
Business
Studies
- LLM Reviewers Send 76% of Published Top-Journal Papers Back, Yet Miss Most Planted FlawsOct 23
- Only One AI Agent Beats Researchers’ Own Code on Most FrontierCS 2 TasksOct 22
- Chunked KV Compression Creates Periodic Blind Spots Up to 40 Points WideOct 19
- DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash Shrinks Always-On KV Cache to 890 Bytes per TokenOct 19
Infrastructure
More stories
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DeepSeek V4.1-Flash API Usage Surges 219% Week-over-Week
DeepSeek V4.1-Flash has achieved a 219% week-over-week API usage spike, leading China’s AI call volumes for 21 weeks. Learn how OpenAI-compatible APIs are driving developer migration…
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DeepSeek $74B Valuation Signals Hyper-Optimization in AI
DeepSeek’s $74B valuation highlights a shift from brute-force scaling to algorithmic efficiency in AI. Learn how this challenges Western labs and NVIDIA while reshaping AI economics.…
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DeepSeek Introduces Peak and Off-Peak V4 API Pricing
DeepSeek rolls out time-based pricing for V4-Flash and V4-Pro on August 17. Discover how peak and off-peak rates affect AI inference costs and developer workflows. Explore…
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OpenAI Expands Free GPT-5.6 Access as DeepSeek Raises Prices
OpenAI widens free GPT-5.6 access while DeepSeek raises API prices, shifting AI economics for developers. Learn how this affects high-volume apps and multi-model strategies.
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DeepSeek $7B Funding: China’s Sovereign AI Infrastructure Push
DeepSeek reopens talks for a RMB50 billion round to scale frontier models and acquire compute. See how this shifts the AI race against OpenAI and Anthropic.…
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DeepSeek V4-Flash: Cheapest LLM Driving AI Model Routing
DeepSeek V4-Flash undercuts competitors on price while staying competitive on benchmarks. Learn how its aggressive pricing is pushing enterprises toward dynamic model routing and FinOps for…
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DeepSeek Inference Costs: Cheapest Frontier LLM Yet
DeepSeek’s latest model delivers the lowest inference costs among frontier LLMs through MoE optimizations. Discover how it transforms enterprise TCO and self-hosting strategies.
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Kimi K3 vs DeepSeek: Chinese AI Models Shift Market
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 challenges DeepSeek with superior context and efficiency. Explore the impact on TCO, enterprise MLOps, and global AI pricing. Discover how Chinese models…
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Chinese AI Models Trigger Global Pricing War
Alibaba’s Qwen 3.8 Max and DeepSeek V4 close the capability gap with Western LLMs at lower cost. Explore the multipolar shift and compliance challenges for enterprises.
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DeepSeek V4: Efficiency Threatens Western AI Scaling Economics
DeepSeek V4 could redefine AI economics through radical efficiency and open weights. Learn how it pressures proprietary models and massive data center investments while empowering developers.
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Chinese AI Models Cut Enterprise Inference Costs
U.S. enterprises are turning to Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and Qwen for major inference cost reductions. Learn about the shift, compliance challenges, and on-prem deployment…
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DeepSeek V4: Tiered API Pricing for Enterprise Reliability
DeepSeek V4 shifts to tiered API pricing, emphasizing SLAs and throughput over flat low-cost tokens. Analyze impacts on enterprises, CTOs, and TCO. Discover how regional infrastructure…
Models & specs
DeepSeek · context window, max output, API price, modalities, knowledge cutoff, license
| Model | Released | Context | Max output | Price in / out (per 1M) | Modalities | Knowledge cutoff | License / access | Spec source |
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| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash | Sep 10, 2026 | 1M | 384K | $0.3 / $1.2 cached $0.006 Peak price; off-peak 50% lower. Served as deepseek-flash. | Text, image in → text out | — | Open weights | api-docs.deepseek.com |
| DeepSeek-V4-Pro (GA) | Aug 13, 2026 | 1M | 384K | $1.32 / $3.96 cached $0.044 Peak price; off-peak 50% lower (0.66/1.98). | Text in → text out | — | Open weights | api-docs.deepseek.com |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash | Jul 31, 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | api-docs.deepseek.com |
| DeepSeek-V4 (Pro & Flash preview) DeepSeek-V4-Pro, DeepSeek-V4-Flash (preview) | Apr 24, 2026 | 1M | — | open weights | Text in → text out | — | Open weights | deepseek.com |
| DeepSeek-V3.2 | Dec 1, 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | api-docs.deepseek.com |
| DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | Sep 29, 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | api-docs.deepseek.com |
| DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | Sep 22, 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | api-docs.deepseek.com |
| DeepSeek-V3.1 | Aug 21, 2025 | 128K | — | open weights | Text in → text out | — | Open weights, MIT 671B total / 37B active (MoE) | api-docs.deepseek.com |
| DeepSeek-R1-0528 | May 28, 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | api-docs.deepseek.com |
| DeepSeek-V3-0324 | Mar 24, 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | api-docs.deepseek.com |
Sources: company announcements & release notes. Prices = standard API list price in USD per 1M tokens at time of release or current docs; batch is typically 50% off.