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OpenRouter nabs $40M in funding for its AI inference API

OpenRouter Inc., a startup working to ease the development of artificial intelligence applications, today announced that it has secured $40 million in funding. The company raised the capital over two ...
Yahoo Finance

OpenRouter raises $40 million to scale up multi-model inference for enterprise

NEW YORK, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OpenRouter, the unified interface for large-language-model (LLM) inference, today announced that it has closed a combined Seed and Series A financing of $40 ...
Global Times

Qwen3.6-Plus tops global usage chart on debut, as new Chinese AI models rank among world’s leading benchmarks

Qwen’s new model, Qwen3.6-Plus, topped the daily rankings on the widely recognized global large-model API platform OpenRouter on Saturday, according to the platform’s official website. The model just ...
Inc

This Startup Helps Companies Solve an AI Dilemma—and Could Be Worth $1.3 Billion

OpenRouter, a startup that enables companies to easily switch from one AI provider to another, is reportedly in talks to raise $120 million at a $1.3 billion valuation, with Google as a lead investor.
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Testing new LLMs shouldn't require five subscriptions, and OpenRouter proves it

AI subscriptions are starting to pile up fast. One month it’s ChatGPT Plus, the next it’s Claude Pro, then Gemini Advanced looks tempting, and suddenly testing models feels less like curiosity and ...
techtimes

AI Gateway OpenRouter Raises $113M From Google and NVIDIA to Route Between Their Models

OpenRouter, the New York-based AI infrastructure startup that lets developers route a single API call across 400-plus large language models, closed a $113 million Series B on May 26, 2026 — led by ...
Business Wire

OpenRouter Raises $113 Million CapitalG-led Series B as Weekly Volume Explodes to 25T Tokens

NVentures, ServiceNow Ventures, MongoDB Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, Databricks Ventures join CapitalG, a16z, Menlo Ventures, and others in backing the high-growth AI infrastructure startup NEW YORK- ...

What is OpenRouter Fusion and how does it beat frontier AI models

It seems that AI companies' tendency to design ever-larger, more intelligent models has just been challenged by reality. OpenRouter has introduced Fusion, an API that sends your query to several ...