DeepSeek Harness launches as open source rival to Claude Code, alongside V4-Pro on API with higher prices
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- DeepSeek is expanding beyond the model layer and deeper into the software developers use to put AI agents to work.The Chinese AI lab on Thursday launched the official version of DeepSeek-V4-Pro, an updated flagship model focused heavily on agentic workloads, a...S1
- Start with the money, because it is the part every developer noticed. From 16 August, a million output tokens through DeepSeek-V4-Pro costs $3.96 at peak, up from $0.87. V4-Flash goes from $0.28 to $1.32, Bloomberg reported. Off-peak rates are half the new pea...S2
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DeepSeek Harness launches as open source rival to Claude Code, alongside V4-Pro on API with higher prices
DeepSeek is expanding beyond the model layer and deeper into the software developers use to put AI agents to work.The Chinese AI lab on Thursday launched the official version of De…
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DeepSeek built a Claude Code rival, then quadrupled its prices
Start with the money, because it is the part every developer noticed. From 16 August, a million output tokens through DeepSeek-V4-Pro costs $3.96 at peak, up from $0.87. V4-Flash g…
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DeepSeek Harness launches as open source rival to Claude Code, alongside V4-Pro on API with higher prices
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Published Aug 13, 2026
What to know
- DeepSeek is expanding beyond the model layer and deeper into the software developers use to put AI agents to work.The Chinese AI lab on Thursday launched the official version of DeepSeek-V4-Pro, an updated flagship model focused heavily on agentic workloads, a...S1
- Start with the money, because it is the part every developer noticed. From 16 August, a million output tokens through DeepSeek-V4-Pro costs $3.96 at peak, up from $0.87. V4-Flash goes from $0.28 to $1.32, Bloomberg reported. Off-peak rates are half the new pea...S2
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