OpenRouter
OpenRouter is an artificial intelligence infrastructure company founded in 2023 by Alex Atallah, the co-founder and former CTO of OpenSea. Based in New York, OpenRouter has quickly established itself as a leading LLM (Large Language Model) marketplace and AI gateway.
Proven Score (provisional)
Emerging. Based on Proven marketplace listings, member redemption clicks, years in business, market standing, verified clients and connected data, scaled to 100. Client quality (20 points) is added once publicly named clients are verified. Checked 2026-10-21.
Company facts
| Founded | 2023 (3 years) |
| Latest funding | Merger / Acquisition |
| Employees | 120 |
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
| Trusted networks on Proven | 2 investor, bank and government networks offer OpenRouter to their members |
| Member offers on Proven | 2 |
| Member redemption clicks | 168 |
Company facts from Apollo.io company data. Network, offer and redemption data from the Proven platform. A Proven Score is published once publicly named clients are verified with sources.
Discounts for Proven network members
$3,000 in universal inference credits with 0% processing fees.
$5,000 in universal inference credits with 0% processing fees.
Members redeem through their investor or bank's Proven marketplace. Terms vary by network.
Competitors in AI models & APIs
Source: Proven platform data, public records and vendor websites. Vendors cannot pay to change a score. Methodology. Updated 2026-10-21.