DeepSeek V4 Just Made AI Agents Look Overpriced

Original author：Kris Torrington

Original source：https://www.youtube.com/embed/wFp0WWlGQwM

DeepSeek V4 just launched, and it might be one of the first open-weight models that makes expensive AI agents look overpriced. In this video, I break down why DeepSeek V4 matters, including its 1 million token context window, its full-price cost compared to GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7, and the performance benchmark DeepSeek is using to prove this is not just another cheap model. DeepSeek V4-Pro reportedly costs around $5.22 for a 1 million input token plus 1 million output token workload, compared to around $35 for GPT-5.5 and around $30 for Claude Opus 4.7. DeepSeek also reports a 93.5 score on LiveCodeBench, which is a strong signal that this model is aimed at developer workflows, coding agents, and long-context AI tasks. The big question is simple: if open-weight models are getting this cheap and this capable, how much longer can premium AI tools keep charging premium prices? Timestamps 00:00 DeepSeek V4 just launched 00:34 The 1 million token context window 00:48 The price comparison 01:05 DeepSeek V4 performance benchmark 01:50 Why DeepSeek V4 matters 02:08 Final thoughts