OpenRouter surpassed $100M in annualized GMV by May 2025, with $5M in own ARR (platform retains ~5% of routed spend). Still only 5 employees. Became the default way for developers to access 200+ AI models.
GMV
$5M ARR / $100M GMV
2024-12
Sacra
OpenRouter reaches $1M ARR, $19M annualized GMV
OpenRouter reached $1M in own-revenue ARR by end of 2024, with $19M in annualized GMV (gross model spend routed through the platform). The 5-person team built the de facto LLM routing layer.