DeepSeek Raises Over $9.7B, Permanently Cuts Prices by 75% and Abandons Short-Term Commercialization
DeepSeek officially announced on May 23 that its total funding has exceeded 70 billion RMB (approximately $9.7 billion). The company's management stated clearly that it will now focus entirely on breakthrough AI research and abandon all short-term commercialization goals. Simultaneously, DeepSeek announced permanent 75% price cuts for its V4-Pro model API, effective June 1, with input priced at 12 RMB per million tokens and output at 24 RMB per million tokens, significantly lowering barriers to AI adoption.
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