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Developer math: hosting DeepSeek V4.1 Flash only pays on the newest GPUs

@YingjunWu ran the numbers and says an H200 can't cover its rent serving DeepSeek V4.1 Flash even at 100% utilization, while a B300 breaks even at about 35%. Separately, Barkr co-founder Thomas Galbraith told @benitoz that H100 resale demand picked up...

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-11-03T01:40:00+00:00 Detected 2026-11-03T06:28:45+00:00
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@YingjunWu ran the numbers and says an H200 can't cover its rent serving DeepSeek V4.1 Flash even at 100% utilization, while a B300 breaks even at about 35%. Separately, Barkr co-founder Thomas Galbraith told @benitoz that H100 resale demand picked up...

@YingjunWu ran the numbers and says an H200 can't cover its rent serving DeepSeek V4.1 Flash even at 100% utilization, while a B300 breaks even at about 35%. Separately, Barkr co-founder Thomas Galbraith told @benitoz that H100 resale demand picked up before rental rates did, a data point in the GPU depreciation...

Hardware and robotics watchers may want to track whether this becomes a product, benchmark, or deployment signal.

Signal Strength 82% Technical label WATCH Public Interest 49 Category ROBOTS & HARDWARE Reader Depth TECHNICAL

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Recognizable Entity Score 60 Practical Impact Score 20 Novelty Interest Score 94 Consequence Score 22 Curiosity Score 16 Shareability Score 62

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