Comment by comrade1234

I've been using the deepseek api (not for coding though) and have been getting great results and it's so cheap it may as well be free. Another reason I'm using it is because I like the license and I also have some hope of running it in my own hardware in the future.

But the thing is... I could be using any of the llms for my use - I'm using a middleware that lets me change providers only with a configuration change.

So it's going to be tough for USA ai companies to charge 5x to 20x (depending on what you're doing).