DeepSeek breaks China’s AI price war with peak-hour surge pricing

DeepSeek lit China’s AI price war by making tokens absurdly cheap. Now it is doing something no rival has dared: charging more when demand runs high. The Chinese startup has told API customers it will double the price of its V4 models during busy hours, according to the South China Morning Post, which saw the […] This story continues at The Next Web

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DeepSeek breaks China’s AI price war with peak-hour surge pricing

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