Surge pricing in AI just arrived. DeepSeek is doubling peak-hour V4 API prices.

The change covers 9am to noon and 2pm to 6pm Beijing time. Says the goal is steadier service and better distribution of scarce resources.

Just weeks before, DeepSeek permanently lowered V4-Pro pricing by 75%, making its flagship model much cheaper ahead of demand-based pricing.

V4 Pro output rises from 6 yuan to 12 yuan per million tokens, or $1.77. ---

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