DeepSeek slashes V4 Pro AI model price by 75%

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has announced a permanent 75% price reduction for its flagship V4 Pro AI model. This strategic move lowers the cost to between $0.003625 and $0.87 per million tokens, a significant drop from the previous range of $0.0145 to $3.48. The price cut reflects DeepSeek's commitment to becoming the go-to choice for cost-effective AI agents, especially as it recently launched its V4 models, Pro and Flash, which support a 1M context length.

The decision to maintain this lower pricing comes just a month after the release of the V4 models, which were initially introduced with a promotional discount. This aggressive pricing strategy is likely to attract enterprise users and power users who consume millions of tokens daily, providing a more affordable alternative to established models like OpenAI's GPT-5 and Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash. Furthermore, this price undercutting could provoke competitors, particularly Anthropic, who have previously raised concerns about DeepSeek's practices in the AI space.