The AI Gateway production index covering data from July 2026: DeepSeek became the second-largest lab by token volume; Anthropic held 65% of spend at more than twice the average price per token

The AI Gateway production index covering data from July 2026: DeepSeek became the second-largest lab by token volume; Anthropic held 65% of spend at more than twice the average…

DeepSeek is raising its prices, to the dismay of developers, but off-peak pricing, cache discounts, and multi-model routing mean the impact is more nuanced.