Does DeepSeek make 3.46 million yuan a day? The official statement says that the theoretical income is not the actual income.

Jinshi Data News on March 2nd, on March 1st, the lucrative data thrown out by DeepSeek on the last day of the Open Source week sparked heated discussions — the theoretical daily profit of the V3/R1 inference system reached as high as 3.46 million RMB (475,000 USD). Behind this seemingly amazing number is a reality question about the commercialization of AI model services. Some industry insiders believe that even with a more rigorous calculation method, DeepSeek is still profitable, but there is some controversy in the industry about whether the manufacturers selling DeepSeek APIs can make money.