Chinese AI models dominate OpenRouter’s US token consumption. It can now guarantee that traffic stays entirely in the US.

September 14, 2026 · 1:59 pm 1 sources

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• Chinese AI models dominate OpenRouter’s US token consumption. It can now guarantee that traffic stays entirely in the US.
  The New Stack · September 14, 2026 13:59
  Everyone knows the open-weight model pitch by now: companies can download the weights, customize them, run them on infrastructure of The post Chinese AI models dominate OpenRouter’s US token consumption. It can now guarantee that traffic stays entirely in the US. appeared first on The New Stack .