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AI Quick Tips 365: OpenRouter is not going anywhere

Written by Damien Griffin | Aug 13, 2026, 5:45:00 PM

There are so many tools out there and it can be hard to invest time (or money) into something that might not be there in a week.

If you’ve gotten to the point with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc., where you don’t want to be locked down to a single model family, then you’ve likely come across OpenRouter. They let you choose from hundreds of models with a single API.

 

The details of how OpenRouter works is a different topic for a different day.

 

If you are on the fence about using OpenRouter, you may want to know that they recently raised a $113 million, Series B.

This included some big names -

  • CapitalG (Alphabet)
  • NVentures (NVidia)
  • ServiceNow Ventures
  • MongoDB Ventures
  • Snowflake Ventures
  • Databricks Ventures
  • Etc.

 

OpenRouter will be expanding their infrastructure, capabilities, and offerings.

 

It looks like a lot of big names in the AI space want them around, so if you were hesitant, you might not need to be…

 

 

Video Intro to openrouter: