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DeepSeek Launches V4 Pro With New API Pricing

8/15/2026

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Summary

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DeepSeek released its flagship V4 Pro model on Thursday.
DeepSeek set API rates at $1.32 per million tokens for V4 Flash and $3.96 for V4 Pro, effective August 16.
V4 Pro scored 62.7 on DeepSWE and 87.9 on Terminal Bench 2.1, far above its preview results.
DeepSeek announced a fundraising round valuing the company at $74 billion after a $7.4 billion June round and planning to double staffing and launch an IPO as early as 2026.

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Historical Context

In 2020 OpenAI released GPT-3, a 175-billion-parameter model that Microsoft licensed exclusively on September 22, sparking a wave of corporate AI funding and valuation hikes. That surge prompted rivals such as DeepSeek to launch the V4 Pro API now, priced at $3.96 per million tokens, while global regulators examine intensified market concentration.

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Story summary

DeepSeek released its flagship V4 Pro model on Thursday.
DeepSeek set API rates at $1.32 per million tokens for V4 Flash and $3.96 for V4 Pro, effective August 16.
V4 Pro scored 62.7 on DeepSWE and 87.9 on Terminal Bench 2.1, far above its preview results.
DeepSeek announced a fundraising round valuing the company at $74 billion after a $7.4 billion June round and planning to double staffing and launch an IPO as early as 2026.

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