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Huawei, SiliconFlow launch DeepSeek AI models on cloud

Huawei Technologies’ cloud-computing division partnered with Beijing-based AI start-up SiliconFlow during the Lunar New Year holidays.

This collaboration aims to make DeepSeek’s AI models available through Huawei’s Ascend cloud service.

The partnership introduces DeepSeek’s large language model V3 and reasoning model R1 to end users.

SiliconFlow has announced new pricing for access to these models: the V3 model costs 1 yuan (US$0.13) for 1 million input tokens and 2 yuan for 1 million output tokens.

The R1 model is priced at 4 yuan (US$0.55) and 16 yuan (US$2.21), respectively, for the same number of tokens.

Recent Huawei developments

Timeline
30-Jan-2025 📱 Huawei pushes HarmonyOS Next for tech independence
  • Huawei launched HarmonyOS Next with Mate 70.
  • Aims for 100,000 apps, boosts tech independence.
14-Jan-2025 🤝 Huawei, Fangda Group to boost AI in aviation, steel
  • Huawei partners with Fangda to boost AI in aviation
  • Future collaborations may extend to pharmaceuticals
26-Dec-2024 📱 Huawei uses South Korean chips amid export controls
  • Mate 70 Pro uses SK Hynix memory chips
  • Shift from Chinese to South Korean components
12-Dec-2024 🚗 Huawei EV partner Seres said to plan $1b HK listing
  • Seres Group considers Hong Kong secondary listing.
  • Aiming to raise over $1 billion by next year.
10-Dec-2024 🛡️ Huawei suppliers face US ban under defense bill

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