A developer shared their cost comparison of various AI API services. DeepSeek's pricing proved extremely durable: a fellow user spent only 100 yuan over half a year, and the author's 20 yuan top-up lasted a long time. In contrast, Zhipu's resource pack was exhausted within 2 hours on a single task, and Alibaba Bailian's DeepSeek offering consumed free credits quickly, resulting in an unexpected debt of 7.49 yuan with a delayed warning. The author now primarily uses ChatGPT but supplements it with Claude and DeepSeek due to ChatGPT's rapid quota exhaustion.
SpaceX has announced the acquisition of Cursor (cursor_ai), the AI code editor company, in an all-stock transaction. The deal aims to combine expertise to create the world's most useful AI models. Over the past months, SpaceXAI and Cursor have been jointly training a new model, which will soon be released in Cursor and Grok Build. The teams will work closely to advance frontier AI capabilities.
A post on V2EX asserted that SpaceX plans to acquire AI code editor company Cursor in an all-stock deal worth $60 billion. The post consisted solely of the comment 'AI bubble is terrifying,' offering no supporting facts or sources. The claim appears unsubstantiated and is likely a rumor fueled by concerns over an AI investment bubble. No official announcements from either company have been reported.
A V2EX user asked whether DeepSeek is the only Chinese large language model API provider that offers pay-per-use billing for individual developers. The user observed that GLM (Zhipu) seems to only offer subscription plans, and they are looking for a pay-per-use service because they do not program daily. This is a community query with no confirmed factual information.
A user on the V2EX forum inquired about the methodology by which LLM manufacturers set per-million token output pricing. The query specifically mentions the need to account for production costs such as electricity, hardware, and maintenance. The raw post provides no further details or answers.
Krill, an AI relay service, launched a 618 promotion from June 15–18, 2026, reducing base Codex model rates to as low as 0.15 and offering a 66% discount coupon on Codex plans. With a 10-person group buy, the effective rate reaches 0.1 Chinese yuan per US dollar. Existing Codex plan holders on June 15 will have their quotas adjusted to the 0.1 level. Claude model access is discounted only via balance top-ups, not plans. The service uses Pro accounts and emphasizes cost transparency.