DeepSeek V4 in the wild, and how to run it on Runpod
April 26, 2026
DeepSeek V4 is not the "Sputnik moment" R1 was, but it is the cheapest credible alternative to Claude Opus and GPT-5.5 that anyone has shipped thus far.
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Runpod named OpenAI's infrastructure partner for the Model Craft Challenge Series
March 18, 2026
Runpod and OpenAI will distribute up to $1M in compute credits supporting the first challenge, Parameter Golf.
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"Runpod has changed the way we ship because we no longer have to wonder if we have access to GPUs. We've saved probably 90% on our infrastructure bill, mainly because we can use bursty compute whenever we need it."
"Runpod has allowed the team to focus more on the features that are core to our product and that are within our skill set, rather than spending time focusing on infrastructure, which can sometimes be a bit of a distraction.”
"Runpod helped us scale the part of our platform that drives creation. That’s what fuels the rest—image generation, sharing, remixing. It starts with training."
"Runpod allowed us to reliably handle scaling from zero to over 1,000 requests per second in our live application."
"Runpod has allowed us to focus entirely on growth and product development without us having to worry about the GPU infrastructure at all."
"We could stop worrying about infrastructure and go back to building. That’s the real win.”
“The main value proposition for us was the flexibility Runpod offered. We were able to scale up effortlessly to meet the demand at launch.”
"After migration, we were able to cut down our server costs from thousands of dollars per day to only hundreds."
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