StepFun Step 5 preview quietly appears on OpenRouter ahead of official release
cafedude · reddit · 2026-10-09
A Reddit user spotted StepFun's next-gen model, Step 5 preview, quietly listed on OpenRouter (stepfun/step-5-preview), suggesting the Chinese AI lab's new model may be imminent. No official announcement yet — likely a pre-release listing.
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