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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 slashes price by 68% to $0.19/M tokens

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has significantly reduced its pricing, dropping 68% in the last 30 days to $0.19 per million output tokens. This open-weight model's new cost structure is expected to alter the economics for large-scale inference operations. AI

IMPACT This price reduction could significantly lower the cost of running large-scale AI inference, potentially accelerating adoption and development.

RANK_REASON Open-weight model release with pricing information. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 slashes price by 68% to $0.19/M tokens

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Open-weight model release with pricing information. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · opensourceaitech ·

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 just dropped 68% in 30 days, now $0.19/M output tokens. Open weights at that price shifts the cost equation for anyone running inferenc

    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 just dropped 68% in 30 days, now $0.19/M output tokens. Open weights at that price shifts the cost equation for anyone running inference at scale—see the live pricing board. https:// olud.ai/model/deepseek-v4-1-fl ash-1017.html # AI # LLM # Pricing

    LINKS olud.ai/…/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017.html

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