AI Model Router Startup Sapiom Raises $35M Series A

darian314 · x · 2026-08-06

Startup Sapiom, which focuses on helping businesses optimize and reduce LLM token costs, has raised a $35 million Series A led by Dragonfly, with participation from Accel.

The company offers a single API key model router that automatically directs requests to the most efficient AI model, putting it in direct competition with OpenRouter. The article highlights an AI agent startup, Polsia, whose monthly token costs reportedly dropped from a debilitating $1.2 million to around $100,000 after using Sapiom's optimization evaluations.

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