Ramp launches Router, an AI model routing service it has been using over the past three years, in the US; the service is free to use for the rest of 2026 (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
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Ramp has introduced Router, an AI model routing service that the company has been using internally for three years. The service is now available in the United States and will remain free to users through the end of 2026.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Hacker News·Ramp Launches a Model Router
Ramp Router provides a single endpoint that automatically selects the most cost-effective and high-quality model from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and vetted open-source options, routing requests based on quality, cost, and availability. The service, free through 2026 with the first $26 in credits covered, claims to have cut customers’ AI spend by up to 92% and offers configurable Router Strategies and benchmark-driven defaults to optimize token usage.
- TechCrunch·Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router
Ramp launched Router, an API-based AI model routing service that lets users switch between models from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Moonshot, Minimax, Nvidia, xAI, and Z.ai. The U.S.-only service is free through 2026, offers a $26 credit, and provides dashboards for token spend, cost, latency, and fallback attempts. Router records inputs, outputs, and tool calls for one year, removing personally identifiable information before use.
- TechMeme·Ramp launches Router, an AI model routing service it has been using over the past three years, in the US; the service is free to use for the rest of 2026 (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
Ramp has introduced Router, an AI model-routing platform that the company has operated internally for three years, and it is now available to U.S. customers. The service will remain free of charge through the end of 2026.
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