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I'm surprised OpenRouter went for 7B, while fal.ai just raised at $8b, despite fal having far less traffic (semrush reports ~5x more traffic to openrouter). The

by jjcm 1mo ago

I'm surprised OpenRouter went for 7B, while fal.ai just raised at $8b, despite fal having far less traffic (semrush reports ~5x more traffic to openrouter). They seem like very parallel businesses, just with focuses on different models (creative models vs LLMs).

echelon 1mo ago
LLMs have zero margin. Media models have crazy margin. Have you seen FAL's pricing? It's absurdly marked up. 50% or more.
swyx 1mo ago
fal actually serves models while the router is just a side project. last ARR 400m vs openrouter 100m