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		faitswulff 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth o... Interestingly, OpenRouter will serve inference at cost for a lot of models.
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bogdan 5 days ago [–]

No? They charge 5.5% (I believe) on every top-up. Which is the equivalent of charging you 5.5% on every request.

faitswulff 4 days ago | [–]

Ah, so that's where the profit comes from. Very payment-processor like move, makes sense that Stripe picked them up.

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