# CrofAI "cheapest inference provider in the world" gets exposed as an OpenRouter wrapper, routing requests to smaller, cheaper models at up to 20x markup.

> Source: <https://aiflash.com/news/120222/>
> Published: 2026-09-15 17:30:20+00:00

Disclaimer: no AI was used whatsoever to write this post Cautionary tale about chasing cheap tokens. exposé: https://kendell.dev/blog/crofaifalse/ reaction by nahcrof, announcing the shutdown of the service: https://x.com/nahcrof/status/2099552389434900643 - now deleted, archive picture: