OpenRouter in the Media
21 mentions across press, blogs, and newsletters
June 2026
GLM 5.2 playing text adventures
I’ve heard some buzz around the new GLM 5.2 open-weights model. They say it’s very capable! I won’t run a full comparison benchmark, but I have some credits sloshing around on OpenRouter so I figured I might compare GLM 5.2 to the similarly-priced Gemini 3 Flash <span class="footnote-
Stop hardcoding LLM SDKs: Dynamic LLM routing with OpenRouter and Next.js
Stop hardcoding LLM SDKs: Dynamic LLM routing with OpenRouter and Next.js
'AI routing' startups are betting they can help companies grappling with token costs
Venture funds boost AI routing startups like OpenRouter and Concentrate AI as they help companies avoid token panic.
Agents Just Passed Humans in Token Usage. And They Burn Far More Than Anyone Budgeted. A Deep Dive With OpenRouter’s COO
If you want a clean read on where AI is heading, look at the inference. Chris Clark, COO and co-founder of OpenRouter, runs the largest AI gateway in the world: around 70 model providers, hundreds of models, one integration that keeps working no matter which lab, cloud, or modality wins next. That v
May 2026
Testing new LLMs shouldn't require five subscriptions, and OpenRouter proves it
OpenRouter makes it easier to test new LLMs without juggling subscriptions, accounts, and recurring charges.
OpenRouter Raises $113 Million Series B as AI Infrastructure Usage Surges
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OpenRouter Raises $113 Million to Expand AI Model Marketplace
Artificial intelligence (AI) model marketplace OpenRouter has raised $113 million in new funding. The company said its Series B round, announced Tuesday (May 26), will allow it to expand its routing, governance, and optimization capabilities as businesses increasingly deploy AI. The announcement
OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year
OpenRouter has raised a $113 million Series B led by CapitalG. Its 5x growth in usage over six months indicates the multi-AI-model future is here.
OpenRouter raises $113M to bring order to enterprise AI inference routing
Artificial intelligence inference routing startup OpenRouter Inc. today announced it raised $113 million in new funding led by CapitalG, Alphabet Inc.’s independent growth fund, to push the envelope for providing access to generative AI models. Additional investors participating in the Series B r
OpenRouter raises $113M as AI token usage surges to 100 trillion monthly
The AI industry spent the past two years obsessing over bigger models. Now the attention is shifting to something else: what happens after companies start using all of them at once. OpenRouter, the AI model exchange that sits between applications […] The post <a href="https://techsta
OpenRouter, an Exchange for A.I. Models, Raises $113 Million
An investment arm of Alphabet is backing OpenRouter, which helps companies choose among hundreds of models for different software tasks.
OpenRouter Expands AI Creative Stack With New Grok Image, Video, and Voice Models
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DeepClaude Lets You Run Claude Code With DeepSeek's Brain for 17x Cheaper
A new open-source script swaps Claude Code's expensive Anthropic backend for DeepSeek V4 Pro, OpenRouter, or Fireworks AI—keeping the agent loop, slashing the bill.
April 2026
llm-openrouter 0.6
Release: llm-openrouter 0.6 llm openrouter refresh command for refreshing the list of available models without waiting for the cache to expire. </blockquo
Alphabet Fund In Talks to Lead OpenRouter Investment at $1.3 Billion Valuation
OpenRouter, a startup that lets AI app developers choose from hundreds of models on its application programming interface, is in talks to raise $120 million in new funding at a $1.3 billion valuation, including the investment, <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/startup-helps-develop
March 2026
A mystery AI model has developers buzzing: Is this DeepSeek's latest blockbuster?
The free model, called Hunter Alpha, surfaced on the AI gateway platform OpenRouter on March 11 without any developer attribution and was later described by the platform as a "stealth model."
A mystery AI model has developers buzzing: Is this DeepSeek's latest blockbuster?
The free model, called Hunter Alpha, surfaced on the AI gateway platform OpenRouter on March 11 without any developer attribution and was later described by the platform as a "stealth model."
TanStack + OpenRouter Partnership
TanStack + OpenRouter Partnership
February 2026
China’s MiniMax, Moonshot top AI token use ranking, ending year of US dominance
Chinese open-source artificial intelligence models, led by those from MiniMax AI and Moonshot AI, have topped global token usage, ending a year of market dominance for US developers, according to data from OpenRouter. Online AI hosting platform OpenRouter’s latest ranking reflected the increased int
Chinese AI models hit 61% market share on OpenRouter
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The Real Data on AI Agents: What 1 Trillion Tokens a Day Reveals with OpenRouter’s COO
Chris Clark, Co-Founder and COO of Open Router, sits at one of the most unique vantage points in AI — running the world’s largest AI gateway, processing over a trillion tokens per day across 70+ providers. Here’s what he’s actually seeing in the data. If you want to know whether AI
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