DeepSeek says it will lower V4 Pro API prices by 75% to $0.435/1M input and $0.87/1M output tokens, making permanent the discount prices set to expire on May 31 (Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-23/deepseek-to-make-permanent-75-discount-on-flagship-ai-model"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260524/i2.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260524/p2#a260524p2" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-23/deepseek-to-make-permanent-75-discount-on-flagship-ai-model">DeepSeek says it will lower V4 Pro API prices by 75% to $0.435/1M input and $0.87/1M output tokens, making permanent the discount prices set to expire on May 31</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; DeepSeek said it will make permanent a steep discount on its flagship V4-Pro model, maintaining prices for developers at a quarter of their original level.</p>