AI Engineering

May 23, 2026 · Industry Insights

DeepSeek Slashes V4 Pro to 25% of Original Price Forever—Is Token Cost Anxiety Finally Relieved?

DeepSeek announced a permanent 75% discount for V4 Pro, reducing cache‑hit token costs to $0.003625 per million, prompting developers to share lower bills, swap Claude Code back‑ends via a single environment variable, and spark industry debate over pricing, privacy, and AI stack design.