Stealth model Union Alpha hits OpenRouter, uses 3x fewer tokens than Ox Alpha in 3D tests
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-17
An anonymous 'stealth' multimodal model, Union Alpha, launched on OpenRouter and OpenCode, targeting research, coding, and agentic workflows with near-frontier coding strength. In an AI/ML API 3D-scene test it used 44,358 tokens (free) vs Ox Alpha's 127,064 tokens ($0.57)—3x fewer—by writing code instead of verbose reasoning. Day-one OpenRouter traffic hit 1.96B tokens; OpenCode advertises 5T tokens/day capacity.
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