OpenRouter Launches Mystery Free Model Crouton Alpha With 1M Context

OpenRouter quietly launched a free stealth model, Crouton Alpha, offering a 1M-token context with multimodal inputs and positioned for scaling agentic workloads. Its maker is unconfirmed, with speculation pointing to Meta.

2026-11-04 ~ 2026-11-04 · 4 related posts

• OpenRouter lists stealth model Crouton Alpha: free, 1M context, multimodal — QuixiAI · 2026-11-04
• Free mystery model Crouton Alpha with 1M context lands on OpenRouter, likely Meta — mark_k · 2026-11-04

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