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summary: "Tinker reduced its API pricing by up to 70% following efficiency improvements for long-context reinforcement learning. The company launched GLM-5.3-Flash and DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash, with the GLM-5.3-Flash model costing 4 to 5 times less than the standard GLM-5.3 version."
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# Tinker Slashes AI Prices Up to 70% Following Efficiency Gains

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**Published:** 2026-10-09T22:08:40.000Z
**Category:** Tools
**Topics:** deepseek, llm, devtools

## Summary

Tinker reduced its API pricing by up to 70% following efficiency improvements for long\-context reinforcement learning\. The company launched GLM\-5\.3\-Flash and DeepSeek\-v4\.1\-Flash, with the GLM\-5\.3\-Flash model costing 4 to 5 times less than the standard GLM\-5\.3 version\.

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