DeepSeek V4 to launch in mid-July with peak-valley pricing

DeepSeek V4 is scheduled for release in mid-July, introducing peak-valley API pricing. During peak hours (9:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00 Beijing time), rates for deepseek-v4-pro double to ¥6.00 (cache miss) and ¥12.00 (output) per million tokens, with 24h email notice before changes.