DeepSeek V4 Slashes AI Prices 75% as Google Pumps $40B into Anthropic

DeepSeek released V4 Pro (1.6T parameters) and V4 Flash models on April 27, cutting long-context compute to 27% of prior flops and API prices up to 75% lower off-peak. Google disclosed up to $40 billion investment in Anthropic, potentially valuing it at $350 billion post-Amazon’s $5 billion. These developments escalate compute battles amid global shortages.