PYMNTS.com February 26, 2025
DeepSeek is reportedly offering off-peak hour discounts to ease demand on its services.
As Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (Feb. 26), those discounts could reach as high as 75% for users hoping to access the artificial intelligence (AI) company’s application programming interface (API).
Beginning Wednesday, that report said, access to DeepSeek’s V3 model will cost half its normal price during the hours of 12:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Beijing time. The cost of the company’s R1 model — powering its self-named chatbot — will be slashed by three-quarters.
DeepSeek has been dealing with rampant demand among both users and developers who have adopted its technology. Among them are companies such as Tencent and Perplexity AI, as well as departments within the...
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