DeepSeek launches API at 1/30th the price of GPT-5.5

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  #0001Models & APIHacker News · AI3 days ago

  DeepSeek makes V4 Pro's 75% discount permanent

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  DeepSeekAI research company — Offers open-source and API models

  The deepseek-v4-pro API has made its promotional 75% discount permanent. This makes it one of the cheapest options in the GPT-4/Claude 3 performance tier, a potential game-changer for cost-sensitive projects.

  • —The model's price is now permanently 1/4 of its original price, shifting from a temporary promotion to a long-term pricing strategy.
  • —This is a clear strategic move to gain a significant price advantage over competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic, likely pressuring the market towards lower prices.
  • —It presents an opportunity to drastically reduce operational costs for token-heavy applications like RAG or large-scale data processing.

  Source: api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricingRead original →
• #0002

  #0002Models & APIr/LocalLLaMA3 days ago

  DeepSeek raises $10.29B, commits to open-source models over short-term commercialization

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  DeepSeekOpen-source LLM developer — known for its `DeepSeek-Coder` model

  DeepSeek has secured a massive $10.29 billion funding round, prioritizing open-source AI development. This signals their emergence as a major, stable player in the open-source camp, joining Meta and Mistral as a key alternative.

  • —The founder's commitment is to continue developing open-source models rather than pursuing immediate commercial goals, ensuring a stable supply of high-quality free models.
  • —The $10.29B financing round provides the capital to compete with major players like OpenAI and Anthropic in the race toward AGI.
  • —Alongside Meta's Llama and Mistral AI, DeepSeek is poised to become a pillar of the open-source ecosystem, offering more alternatives to closed-source APIs.

  Source: www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1tkfvvj/deepseek_isRead original →
• #0003

  #0003Models & APIGoogle AI Forum4 days ago

  `Gemini AI Pro` shifts to compute-based usage limits

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  The old 1,000 AI credits/month base perk is being removed. Usage now depends on prompt complexity, features, and chat length, so heavy Antigravity or Flow sessions need closer cost checks.

  • —Gemini app limits now refresh every 5 hours until the weekly cap is reached; Pro gets 4x the non-subscriber limit.
  • —The limit model counts compute, not just product buckets: longer chats, harder prompts, and feature choice directly affect quota burn.
  • —Flow and Antigravity are first in line for product-based limits plus paid AI credits. Agent-heavy workflows can hit paid top-ups faster.
  • —Removing the included 1,000 AI credits changes the subscription math. Track real session usage before treating Pro as a fixed-cost tool.

  Source: discuss.ai.google.dev/t/usage-limits-in-gemini-ai-pro/14Read original →