DeepSeek AI released its latest API iteration with the deepseek-chat mixture-of-experts model. It matches top tier reasoning metrics at a massive cost discount, triggering price competition across standard API providers.
Industry NewsPublished: September 30, 2026
DeepSeek Releases deepseek-chat MoE model targeting $0.14/Million tokens cost parameters
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Executive Summary
"DeepSeek has released deepseek-chat, a Mixture-of-Experts model, costing $0.14/million input tokens. The release represents a major cost cut in LLM APIs and could trigger price competition among providers like OpenAI and Anthropic."
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