Open source model hosting spend grows 76x, outpacing OpenAI and Anthropic
iamtrask · x · 2026-08-16
Citing Bloomberg's report on Anthropic's 14x revenue surge (vs OpenAI's 3x), this post highlights estimated spending on open source model APIs via OpenRouter growing 76x year-over-year, signaling a massive shift in capital flow towards the open-source ecosystem.
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