OpenRouter says it continuously runs GPQA and TAU-Bench on open-weight models and feeds the results into AutoExacto routing. The linked GLM 5.2 page pairs benchmark rankings with production details such as a 1M-token context window and $0.94/$3 per 1M token pricing.
The HN discussion focused less on funding theater and more on whether a multi-model gateway can stay defensible as AI workloads move into production.
The money is following the layer that decides which model gets each request. OpenRouter says weekly traffic rose 5x in six months to 25 trillion tokens, while its platform now spans 400+ models and more than 8 million users.