DeepSeek V4-Flash: Cheaper AI Model Launched

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has launched its new V4-Flash AI model, offering significantly lower pricing than its competitors. This model costs just 14 cents per million input tokens and 28 cents per million output tokens, with an average running cost of about 3 cents. What's interesting is that competitors like Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 average 86 cents, while OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol costs $1.86, and Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is $3.15. However, the V4-Flash model scores 50 out of 100 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, which is lower than top models like Anthropic's Claude Opus 5. The company is reportedly preparing for a public listing. This launch matters because it highlights a growing trend of balancing cost efficiency with performance in the competitive AI market.