
DeepSeek’s New AI Could Be 97% Cheaper And More Powerful Than GPT-4.5
When DeepSeek dropped its R1 model in January 2025, it quietly detonated a bomb under the AI industry. Built without access to Nvidia’s best GPUs and on a shoestring budget compared to Silicon Valley giants, R1 proved that top-tier AI could come from unexpected places. Investors across the U.S. were caught flat-footed — nearly $600 billion was wiped off the tech markets as the realization set in: price-performance curves could collapse, not just bend. That was just the opening act. Now, DeepSeek is lining up two follow-ups — R2 and V4 — and if even half of the leaks are true, 2025 could be the year AI pricing falls off a cliff. The combination of massive model scale, brutally low prices, and zero […]