25 August 2026

Unknown AI model sets OpenRouter usage record in four days

First reported

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  • An unnamed model called Ox Alpha processed 26 trillion tokens (units of text) in its first four days on OpenRouter, a platform hosting multiple AI models.
  • The model attracted 327,000 unique users and is available free through an interface compatible with OpenAI's API, the standard way developers integrate AI into applications.

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