{"slug": "ramp-launches-router-api-for-multi-model-llm-switching-and-cost-optimization", "title": "Ramp launches Router API for multi-model LLM switching and cost optimization", "summary": "Fintech platform Ramp released Router on August 20, an API that lets users and companies switch between large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Moonshot, Minimax, Nvidia, xAI, and Z.ai. Router is free through the end of 2026 (excluding model inference costs) and includes a $26 credit launch offer; Ramp built the router internally over three years before releasing it publicly. The service provides routing strategies including flex usage tier preferences and benchmark-based model selection, currently available in the United States only.", "body_md": "# Ramp launches Router API for multi-model LLM switching and cost optimization\n\nAccording to TechCrunch, fintech platform Ramp released Router on August 20, an API enabling users and companies to switch between large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Moonshot, Minimax, Nvidia, xAI, and Z.ai. Router is free through the end of 2026 (excluding model inference costs) and includes a $26 credit launch offer; Ramp built the router internally over three years before releasing it publicly. The service provides routing strategies including flex usage tier preferences and benchmark-based model selection, currently available in the United States only.\n\n## Topics\n\n## Sources\n\n- Press\n[Read article](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/ramp-launches-its-own-ai-model-router-called-router)\n\n## Go deeper\n\nThis intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ramp-launches-router-api-for-multi-model-llm-switching-and-cost-optimization", "canonical_source": "https://www.getreadyforagents.com/news/ramp-launches-router-model-switching-api/", "published_at": "2026-08-21 20:05:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-21 20:13:47.399334+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Ramp", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "DeepSeek", "Moonshot", "Minimax", "Nvidia", "xAI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ramp-launches-router-api-for-multi-model-llm-switching-and-cost-optimization", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ramp-launches-router-api-for-multi-model-llm-switching-and-cost-optimization.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ramp-launches-router-api-for-multi-model-llm-switching-and-cost-optimization.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ramp-launches-router-api-for-multi-model-llm-switching-and-cost-optimization.jsonld"}}