42 pointsby htrp5 hours ago7 comments
  • chromatin4 hours ago
    Extremely relevant:

    Ramp Router: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987253

  • BobbyTables22 hours ago
    Wouldn’t it be cheaper to just spend $1B reimplementing it?

    (Of course that is absurd, $10M would be plenty)

    • sds3572 hours ago
      The value is in the existing customers, isn't it? Not so much the product.
  • Taikhoom20104 hours ago
    • evenhash4 hours ago
      > it has clear platform dynamics. It is an aggregator of AI models, and once enterprises use it, that creates switching costs since all your AI expense is in one place: logs, budgets, etc, so switching would be painful and generally not make a lot of sense.

      Clearly what we need is a Router Router, to avoid router lock-in.

      • jackb40402 hours ago
        You jest but this is basically exactly what happened in crypto.
  • subarctic4 hours ago
    Interesting. I guess it fits since Openrouter's main value is in consolidating payment to all these different model providers
  • thomasingalls4 hours ago
    Do they have to
  • zb33 hours ago
    Does it mean openrouter can't sustain on its own? If so, bad news, new owner 'd surely want it to be profitable, so expect price hike.. :<
  • fractorial2 hours ago
    Please, no.