DeepSeek raises prices, adding dynamic pricing, ahead of a potential IPO; V4-Flash output tokens go from $0.28/1M to $1.32 during peak hours and $0.66 off-peak (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/deepseek-increases-prices-for-ai-services-by-multiple-times"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260813/i31.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260813/p31#a260813p31" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Saritha Rai / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/deepseek-increases-prices-for-ai-services-by-multiple-times">DeepSeek raises prices, adding dynamic pricing, ahead of a potential IPO; V4-Flash output tokens go from $0.28/1M to $1.32 during peak hours and $0.66 off-peak</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; DeepSeek is steeply raising the prices for its flagship V4 models ahead of a potential initial public offering &hellip; </p>