Opportunities in AI Inference Routing Layer
NirantK · x · 2026-07-18
The post adds 'Hermes' and highlights the **Inference and Gateway/Router** direction as noteworthy. Examples listed include Baseten, Together, Fireworks, as well as OpenRouter, LiteLLM, Portkey/Palo Alto Networks; also mentions Droid, Opencode, Cline, Pi and other products with routing capabilities. Overall, it emphasizes that there are still many product forms to explore in the AI inference and gateway/routing layer.
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