Abandoning Anthropic and switching to DeepSeek v4, startups save millions of dollars and improve performance without compromising According to Beating monitoring, Flo Crivello, founder of iMessage native AI assistant Lindy, announced that all user traffic has been switched from Anthropic to the open-source model DeepSeek v4. After switching, not only did it save the company millions of dollars, but it also achieved performance improvements in many core business scenarios. In order to run DeepSeek v4, the team developed a large amount of infrastructure and internal tools at the bottom layer, and the actual workload reached 100 times the expected amount. In terms of server provider selection, Lindy evaluated all mainstream giants and unexpectedly chose the relatively niche cloud computing provider Atlas Cloud. Although the user end is completely disconnected, Lindy's internal employees are still using the Anthropic model for programming and office needs, mainly due to the extremely high signing discounts for major clients. The system also retains Claude Opus as a rescue plan, which will be automatically called when DeepSeek v4 fails in complex tasks. Crivello believes that China's low-priced strategy for large models will bring long-term profit pressure to its American counterparts, but Anthropic's corporate relationships and brand advantages remain a moat. [Original link]