Comment by maxdo
4 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
> 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?
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?
By that logic, how can you trust OpenAI and Anthropic not to do the same?
For one, openai and anthropic are the top two AI labs and therefore have some reputation at stake. Openrouter is like aliexpress. Any fly-by night vendor can get listed on there.
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