South China Morning Post·3 min read·medium
Enterprise AI costs hit 2026 low driven by price wars, Chinese open-source models: research
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Xinmei Shen
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Enterprise AI inference costs have reached a 2026 low due to aggressive price wars between major providers and the rise of affordable Chinese open-source models. DeepSeek's V4-Flash model has notably gained significant market share by offering lower costs than international competitors.
The cost for businesses to run AI models has fallen to a yearly low, according to research by investment bank Jefferies, driven by a heated global price war and a surge in adoption of low-cost Chinese open-source tools, such as those from DeepSeek.
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