# Baseten launches Grid to route coding agent traffic and control enterprise AI spend > Source: > Published: 2026-11-04 20:51:17+00:00 # Baseten launches Grid to route coding agent traffic and control enterprise AI spend **Co-founded by Tuhin Srivastava, Baseten opened Grid in preview on November 4th, 2026, with Opendoor as its named customer and a claimed nearly 70% benchmark saving.** By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket) · Published Primary source: [x.com](https://x.com/baseten/status/2118068540704260170) ## Why it matters Coding agents turn model choice into a recurring enterprise expense, spread across teams, tools and credentials. Grid gives Baseten a control point above inference that can direct traffic to cheaper models, including its own, while giving platform teams budgets and audit records. Baseten, the San Francisco AI inference company co-founded by chief executive Tuhin Srivastava, introduced Baseten Grid on November 4th, 2026, as a gateway, routing and guardrails layer for enterprise coding agents. [Baseten (@baseten)](https://x.com/baseten?ref=runtimewire) said [in a post on X](https://x.com/baseten/status/2118068540704260170?ref=runtimewire) that Grid routes requests, monitors usage and governs access across coding agents, and the company opened early access through a waitlist. When you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.