# DeepSeek Launches V4-Pro to General Availability with 1M Token Context and Agentic Capabilities

> DeepSeek has moved its V4-Pro model into general availability, adding to the steady drumbeat of capable, low-cost systems coming out of China. Released August 13, the model handles a context window of up to 1 million tokens and can produce as much as 384,000 tokens of output, with separate thinking and non-thinking modes for problems that do or do not need deliberate reasoning. The bigger emphasis is on agents. DeepSeek is pitching V4-Pro for tool use, code execution and multi-step workflows, the kind of tasks where a model acts over many turns rather than answering a single prompt. On pricing, the company introduced a peak and off-peak structure, with a 50 percent discount for running jobs during quieter hours, alongside a modest price increase that took effect August 16. Even after that bump, DeepSeek's economics remain the story. The model is positioned to undercut leading US systems dramatically, and it is exactly this pressure that has pushed OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to slash their own rates. For anyone building on top of these tools, the map of who is cheapest keeps getting redrawn.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: Quartz · Published Wednesday, August 19, 2026_

## Wortins' read

DeepSeek has moved its V4-Pro model into general availability, adding to the steady drumbeat of capable, low-cost systems coming out of China. Released August 13, the model handles a context window of up to 1 million tokens and can produce as much as 384,000 tokens of output, with separate thinking and non-thinking modes for problems that do or do not need deliberate reasoning. The bigger emphasis is on agents. DeepSeek is pitching V4-Pro for tool use, code execution and multi-step workflows, the kind of tasks where a model acts over many turns rather than answering a single prompt. On pricing, the company introduced a peak and off-peak structure, with a 50 percent discount for running jobs during quieter hours, alongside a modest price increase that took effect August 16. Even after that bump, DeepSeek's economics remain the story. The model is positioned to undercut leading US systems dramatically, and it is exactly this pressure that has pushed OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to slash their own rates. For anyone building on top of these tools, the map of who is cheapest keeps getting redrawn.

## Source

[Read the full story at Quartz](https://qz.com/deepseek-v4-pro-official-launch-081326)

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