> 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.

> It aggregate’s practially ever Large Language Model, then bundles access and takes a flat fee.

Well, at least I know AI didn't write it

Maybe there were more than 1 bidder for OpenRouter… Regardless, a business like OpenRouter may be best in the form of a complement product of something else (like payment processing).

Do sustainable tech startups actually exist?

The value is in the existing customers, isn't it? Not so much the product.

quick you are a saas company pulling 3b cash annually how do you deploy it