What was announced?
DeepSeek introduced an API service that lets developers add search and content-fetching capabilities to their applications. According to the company's API documentation, pricing is calculated per successful request: $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests.
Why it matters
Search and fetch are building blocks for AI agents that need current information and web page content. Offering this directly through its API could make it easier for developers to build agent applications without setting up a separate search infrastructure.
Pricing detail
The announcement states that only successful requests are billed. The source text does not include further details on how failed requests are handled.
Context
The news follows DeepSeek's release of its multimodal V4.1 Flash model. The company has been making back-to-back announcements on both the model and developer infrastructure fronts.
