DeepSeek Slashes Off-Peak Prices to Balance Out AI Demand

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DeepSeek is offering discounts of up to 75% during off-peak hours to reduce spikes in demand for its application programming interface.

Starting Wednesday, accessing the DeepSeek V3 model will cost half its usual price from 12:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Beijing time, while the R1 model that underpins the company’s eponymous chatbot will be reduced in price by three quarters.