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DeepSeek V4, Pricing, API & Chat — Verified Weekly by an Independent Editorial Desk
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DeepSeek V4 Tracker
Live changelog of model releases, pricing shifts and infrastructure changes.
Legacy API aliases retired — surcharge still not active
Legacy deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner aliases were retired; migrate to deepseek-v4-flash. A peak-hour surcharge (UTC+8) has been announced but is not active yet — the official rate card still shows one flat tier.
Read updateInside DSpark: semi-autoregressive drafters
DeepSeek's own speculative decoding stack ships hardware-aware schedulers and 2–3× token throughput on H800s.
Read updateDeepSeek raises $7.4B under a founder-locked LP vehicle
50 billion yuan round with 5-year lock-up. Structure keeps investors passive while Liang Wenfeng retains control.
Read updateHow to use DeepSeek V4 better than 99% of people
Prompt patterns, temperature settings and Flash-vs-Pro routing rules from real production workloads.
Read updateR1 Reasoning Guide
Explore our guides on DeepSeek's Mixture-of-Experts architecture and R1's reasoning capabilities.
Learn about R1API Integration Tutorials
Community-created guides for integrating the DeepSeek API with code examples.
View API GuideLocal Deployment Guides
Step-by-step tutorials for running DeepSeek models locally with Ollama and Docker.
Deployment GuideWhat is DeepSeek AI?
DeepSeek AI is a Chinese artificial intelligence research company known for developing powerful large language models. Their flagship models include DeepSeek-V3 (a general-purpose LLM with 671B parameters) and DeepSeek-R1 (a reasoning-focused model that shows its thinking process).
What sets DeepSeek apart is their innovative Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture, which allows for efficient inference while maintaining high performance. Their models are open-source and can be deployed locally, making them accessible to developers and researchers worldwide.
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