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Comment by minimaxir

5 hours ago

I'd suspect it's related to the rise of good/cheap Chinese models, and OpenRouter is the best way to use them without jumping through a ton of hoops.

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maxdo  5 hours ago

Exactly , not even small startup anywhere in us , eu or nearby will be ok to send data to China, but with open router you can create a no China provider selector with one llm call and start using Chinese llms without paying to vendors a single cent .

What’s the angle for stripe , electrify over tokens exchange is the new money flow , and stripe wants to monetize it. 5% tax on any llm token is an amazing deal

  • nubg  4 hours ago

    > but with open router you can create a no China provider selector

    why on earth would you trust no data is sent to China? just because you clicked a toggle?

    • dghlsakjg  3 hours ago

      Openrouter is very transparent about where your requests are going. Every single one is logged.

      You decide the routing if you want.

      I trust it because there are at least 7 billion on the line. If it came out that they were violating their contract and sending company secrets to China when they promised they won’t, they would lose literal billions for basically no gain, and possible criminal charges.

      Why on earth would you think they are sending data to China after you click that toggle when they have every reason not to?

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