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Its volume is said to double on a regular cycle, signaling fast growth in demand for AI.
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Congratulations to OpenRouter for crossing 10 QUADRILLION annual token run rate today! Token volumes continue to 2x every 10.5 weeks. In the last 9 weeks, OpenRouter processed more tokens than all of time before that.Read original on X
Going from 1 trillion tokens per week to 10 trillion took 50 weeks. From 10 trillion to 100 trillion, 28 weeks. 1 quadrillion per week coming soon.Read original on X
1T --> 10T in 50 weeks 10T --> 100T in 28 weeks 100T --> 1Q in...not long now.Read original on X
OpenRouter says token volume hit 10 quadrillion annual run rate
OpenRouter says its token volume hit 10 quadrillion annual run rate
OpenRouter passes 10 quadrillion tokens in annual run rate
OpenRouter passes 10 quadrillion tokens in annual run rate
OpenRouter passes 10 quadrillion tokens in annual run rate
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