1T tokens in 24h on OpenRouter surprises users given ~10T daily for all of OpenAI
DavidRBellamy · x · 2026-10-18
A new model reached 1T tokens/day on OpenRouter within 24h of launch. The poster finds this surprising: OpenAI itself handles under 10T tokens daily, and several open models with comparable cost/capability have been available for months, so switching costs should slow adoption.
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