DeepSeek V4 priced 97% below OpenAI GPT-5.5, sparking AI price war fears

DeepSeek V4 priced 97% below OpenAI GPT-5.5, sparking AI price war fears

The Quick Take — AI synthesis of 1 sources covering this story.

  • DeepSeek’s new V4 model costs ~97% less than OpenAI’s GPT-5.5, with input cache hits priced at ~US$0.14/million tokens
  • Price cut includes a 90% reduction for ‘input cache hits’ (reused context), slashing minimum API input costs sharply
  • No analyst or institutional response cited yet; report is based solely on DeepSeek’s own Sunday announcement
  • The aggressive pricing could trigger a broader AI model price war, pressuring

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