DeepSeek nears full V4 AI model launch

DeepSeek is launching its full V4 model family with a 1M-token context window and mixture-of-experts design, priced at $0.87–$1.74 per million tokens for Pro and $0.28 for Flash—50–200× cheaper than Claude Opus. The company is discontinuing legacy models on July 24, forcing API users to migrate to V4 variants.

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