OpenRouter raised $113M led by CapitalG, a source says at a $1.3B valuation, and now processes 25T tokens across 400+ models weekly, up from 5T six months ago
New York Times Michael J. de la Merced
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Discussion
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@openrouter
@openrouter
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Today we're announcing our $113M Series B led by @CapitalGVC. Over the last 6 months, weekly volume on OpenRouter grew from 5T to 25T tokens as AI rapidly shifts from experimentation into production. We're excited for what comes next. [image]
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@jeff_weinstein
Jeff Weinstein
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The first time I stumbled across @OpenRouter I immediately thought: “awesome, it's Segment for tokens”. Go @alexatallah and team!
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@deedydas
Deedy
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Methodology behind comparison: Google / OpenAI report in per minute, which isn't directly comparable (and is usually a peak of a sinusoid number) whereas OR is based on per week. There ofc is double counting because OR serves GPT and Gemini. Google token run rate:
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@alexatallah
Alex Atallah
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We're seeing a Cambrian explosion of AI models, and it's happening on OpenRouter. The future of AI is neurodiversity: - Agents choosing the most cost-effective model/provider/tool for the task - Agents orchestrating multiple models for the smartest result - Advanced security and
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@insider0x
Alex Salnikov
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Congratulations @alexatallah on building the second unicorn. Technical talent is above all in the end
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@deedydas
Deedy
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OpenRouter is now serving 1.5 quadrillion tokens/yr! That token run rate is: — 15-30% of Google APIs — 20-40% of OpenAI — >50% of Microsoft Azure Foundry That's 15x larger than when we invested a year ago. Revenue has already doubled since this $1.3B round was done in Feb! [image…
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@georgejeffersn
George Jefferson
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i love openrouter because theyre the definition of an ai wrapper but nonetheless they still have a great product and its great to see them winning!
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@pingtoven
@pingtoven
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I've had been an insane 16 months here at @OpenRouter. Today we announced our $113M Series B led by CapitalG. We've seen tokens 4x in 6 months, now seeing 25T/week with 8M+ global users, and 400+ increasingly multimodal models. So proud of this team and the work we're doing.
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@gregkamradt
Greg Kamradt
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Surprised open router is only at $1.3B given the wild rounds going on. They have more of a business (both present and future) than ~99% of AI companies.