China's DeepSeek claims theoretical cost-profit ratio of 545% per day.

The spontaneous and voluntary sharing of information regarding the business/financial aspect of a certain company rather than another is not exactly a predictable move. It is customary to regard this area as a kind of trade secret, data to which only and exclusively a precise number of individuals involved have access, and not one more.

However, Deepseek, the Chinese company responsible for the fast-rising model of the same name, recently broke this habit. Earlier this month, the company shared some data regarding the costs and revenues of its V3 and R1 models. Moreover, it declared a theoretical cost-to-profit ratio of up to 545 percent per day, specifying, however, that actual revenues would be significantly lower.

The costs of using the two models are quite different, as V3 is substantially cheaper than R1 and only some services generate revenue, considering that web and app access remains free.