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DeepSeek Makes 75% V4 Pro Price Cut Permanent, Undercutting OpenAI and Anthropic
May 25, 2026
DeepSeek permanently reduced V4 Pro pricing by 75%, making its frontier model pricing structurally cheaper than comparable offerings from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderPermanent 75% price cuts on a frontier-class model mean you should re-evaluate your inference cost assumptions and provider mix for cost-sensitive workloads.
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founderThis permanently resets price expectations for frontier models — any business model assuming current OpenAI or Anthropic pricing as a floor needs revision.
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investorPermanent price compression from DeepSeek structurally pressures margins across the LLM API market and accelerates commoditization of frontier inference.