DeepSeek
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What is DeepSeek?
An AI research lab known for releasing highly capable, highly capable open-weight models that match frontier performance at significantly lower inference and training costs.
DeepSeek is an AI provider that gained major industry prominence by releasing models like DeepSeek-V3, V4, and R1. By using advanced architectures like Mixture-of-Experts and highly efficient memory compression, they provide GPT-level reasoning and coding capabilities at a fraction of the standard API cost.
How it relates to Orbit
Orbit can route a tier to a DeepSeek-compatible endpoint through its API executor. See Complexity Tiers & Routing for details.
When you would use it
You select DeepSeek models when you need frontier-level coding and reasoning capabilities but require significantly lower operational API costs or need to run powerful open-weight models.
Common operations
- Self-hosting high-performance coding agents economically.
- Serving massive-scale enterprise API requests with DeepSeek models via API.
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