AI News · September 13, 2026

DeepSeek and Alibaba adjust prices; 66 new projects added

57,684 stars today66 new projects+3,433 archify

DeepSeek cut input prices for two Flash models while raising the Pro model by 68 percent. Alibaba slashed prices on two Qwen models by 50 percent or more. Moonshot AI increased Kimi K3 input price by 47 percent. The ecosystem added 66 new projects today.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 dropped 43 percent to $0.04 per 1M tokens. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 fell 12 percent to $0.07. The Pro variant rose to $1.60. Alibaba's Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 fell 59 percent to $0.09. Qwen3.8 27B dropped 50 percent to $0.21. Kimi K3 rose to $2.65.

Today the tracked open-source AI projects gained 57,684 stars. The top gainer was archify with 3,433 stars. This week 2,130 new projects entered the index, and 100 new Hugging Face spaces were added.

Pricing moves

Input prices moved in opposite directions across providers. DeepSeek lowered two Flash models by 12 and 43 percent but raised the Pro model by 68 percent. Alibaba cut two Qwen models by 59 and 50 percent. Moonshot AI raised Kimi K3 by 47 percent. Users of cheaper Flash and Qwen models benefit from lower costs, while users of DeepSeek Pro and Kimi K3 face higher prices.

▼ 12%DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek · input $0.08 → $0.07 per 1M tokens
▲ 68%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek · input $0.95 → $1.6 per 1M tokens
▼ 59%Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Alibaba · input $0.22 → $0.09 per 1M tokens
▲ 47%Kimi K3Moonshot AI · input $1.8 → $2.65 per 1M tokens
▼ 43%DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek · input $0.07 → $0.04 per 1M tokens
▼ 50%Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba · input $0.42 → $0.21 per 1M tokens

The bigger picture

Today's price moves show providers segmenting their offerings: DeepSeek pushes budget Flash models cheaper while charging more for Pro, Alibaba continues aggressive cuts, and Moonshot raises prices. The steady inflow of new projects and stars suggests the ecosystem remains active despite diverging pricing strategies.

Source: olud.ai tracking of 10,000+ open-source AI projects, 300+ models and live provider pricing. Figures are measured, not estimated. All releases · Live pricing · Latest in AI

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