DeepSeek experiencing service issues affecting website and API

AI company DeepSeek is experiencing service disruptions affecting its website and API endpoints, according to reports from users and the company's official status page. The problems, which reportedly began this afternoon, have led to a degradation in performance.

DeepSeek has stated that the root cause of the issues has been identified and that it is working on implementing a fix. This marks the second significant service disruption reported by the company.

The company is preparing for the mid-July launch of the official version of DeepSeek V4, which is expected to bring further functional optimizations and performance enhancements. Following the official release, DeepSeek also plans to adjust its API pricing strategy, introducing a tiered pricing mechanism based on peak and off-peak usage to better allocate resources and improve service stability.