Foreign media: DeepSeek V4's ultra-low pricing has triggered a new round of price wars in China's AI industry, forcing competitors to urgently adjust their pricing strategies.
Xiaomi was the first to cut the API price of its MiMo-V2.5 model by up to 99%. The model's weekly processing volume on the OpenRouter platform surged to 1.7 trillion tokens, increasing by over 999% month-on-month, and climbed to sixth place in rankings.
AI unicorn MiniMax, meanwhile, adopted a differentiated strategy—launching its flagship M3 model while introducing monthly subscription plans ranging from $7.24 to $69.28, attempting a hybrid model that combines token-based billing with subscription pricing.
This price storm sparked by DeepSeek is profoundly reshaping domestic AI commercialization pathways. Cloud service providers are facing profit pressure, and the industry is forced to seek a balance between low-price competition and sustainable monetization.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1867445827541001/
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