Model routers & inference marketplaces
OpenRouter-style aggregation and routing
OpenRouter, Not Diamond, Martian and cloud-native gateways route requests across dozens of model providers by price, latency and capability, abstracting the model layer for developers. This routing tier commoditizes individual models and concentrates demand-side leverage over which models get traffic.
Examples
OpenRouter, Not Diamond
Function
multi-provider routing
How it fits the stack
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- Model routers & inference marketplaces —uses→ Fireworks AI
- Model routers & inference marketplaces —uses→ OpenAI