DeepSeek V4 vs. American AI: How a Chinese Lab Is Winning on Price While US Labs Fight Over Benchmarks

DeepSeek V4 preview April 24: V4-Pro at $1.74/$3.48/M — 7x cheaper than GPT-5.5. MIT license, 1M context. China data risk for API users. Free chat app.

4/30/2026, 12:00:00 AM