OpenRouter: token demand will far outpace compute; heterogeneous hardware including retail Macs is key
gajesh · x · 2026-08-24
Shashank Goyal of OpenRouter says the bigger story is that tokens are going to far outpace compute, making it critical to bring on heterogeneous compute—including retail Macs—for OpenRouter's mission. This points to a more distributed, diversified future for inference compute networks.
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