OpenRouter
TL;DR中文
AI模型的"聚合器/路由层"——一个API接入400+模型，帮你按质量/价格/速度自动选。18个月收入涨了50倍。CapitalG（Alphabet）领投，估值$1.3B。赌的是"模型会商品化，而聚合层会沉淀成基础设施"。
Worth-Joining Index · Scorecard
v2.1 ALPHA · 2026-08Career Score
78/100
Coverage
95%
Verified
0%
Stage cohort
Growth
Vibe Check
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Latest valuation
$1.3B（Series B投后估值，2026年5月）
Total raised
累计融资约$174M：Seed $12.5M + Series A $47.6M + Series B $113M
Team size
第三方数据库Tracxn显示OpenRouter员工数约82人
Traction · Key numbers
Funding
Total raised
累计融资约$174M：Seed $12.5M + Series A $47.6M + Series B $113M
Rounds
1
$113M
Series B · 2026-05 · valuation $1.3B（Series B投后估值，2026年5月） · led by CapitalG（Alphabet旗下独立成长基金）
With: NVentures (Nvidia), ServiceNow, MongoDB, Snowflake, Databricks Ventures, a16z（老股东）, Menlo（老股东） · 与fixture现有Series B领投方一致，确认无误。官方公告另见 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260526953416/en/OpenRouter-Raises-$113-Million-CapitalG-led-Series-B-as-Weekly-Volume-Explodes-to-25T-Tokens
▸The investor lineup says a lot: Nvidia, ServiceNow, MongoDB, Snowflake, and Databricks all came in
▸In July 2026, multiple tech giants were reported to be interested in acquiring it
Founders
Alex Atallah CEO
Co-founder of OpenSea; positions OpenRouter as "the first AI marketplace"
Reality · Working here
·Possibly one of the best vantage points in the industry — you see which players across the AI ecosystem are rising or falling, with real usage data. That kind of market intelligence is enormously valuable if you later start a company or go into investing
Signals & Risks
Editorial ✎
Good fit for
· People who love infrastructure and want an industry-wide vantage point
Not for
· Anyone unconvinced it can defend the aggregation layer's value long-term — if you don't accept the two core debates (self-cannibalization + fragile take rate), don't join
Data changelog
Community corrections → editorial review → applied, fully on the record
data as of 2026-05 · Source: Tracxn ↗
data as of 2026-08 · Source: OpenRouter Careers ↗
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data as of 2026-03 · Source: Sacra ↗
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Sponsorship
✓ Publicly verifiable · government dataH-1B recent sponsorship activity Latest
DOL LCA Disclosure Data · FY2024 – FY2026 Q2 ↗No LCA records in FY2024 – FY2026 Q2 — no public H-1B sponsorship activity recently. Confirm directly in interviews, or ask insiders in the group.
H-1B approval history
USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub · FY2021–2023 ↗No approvals in FY2021–2023. Most companies on the list were founded after 2022, so missing early records is normal — it doesn't mean they don't sponsor today. Confirm in interviews, or ask insiders in the group.
PERM green cards
DOL PERM Disclosure Data · FY2025 – FY2026 Q2（至2026年3月） ↗No records for this company in the imported PERM data. Green-card processes usually start once a company matures.
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