Find XO: The Future of AI Integration: The Growth Story of OpenRouter (techcrunch.com)

- OpenRouter raised $113 million in its Series B round, reaching a valuation of $1.3 billion. - Its usage reportedly grew fivefold over the past six months. - There is increasing demand to switch models flexibly rather than being tied to a single one. - However, as model companies retain customers with their own APIs, simple routing alone is hard to sustain; the approach that explains which model was chosen and why tends to last longer.