Deepseek has permanently adopted a 75% discount for its V4-Pro model, significantly undercutting competitors. The model's pricing is now at least 11.5 times cheaper for input tokens and over 34 times cheaper for output tokens compared to GPT-5.5. This aggressive pricing strategy could pose a substantial challenge to Western AI providers, particularly for applications requiring high token usage like agentic systems. AI
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IMPACT Deepseek's permanent price cuts could disrupt the market and pressure competitors, especially for token-intensive applications.
RANK_REASON Company makes a significant pricing change to its AI model. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]