OpenRouter raises $113M Series B funding led by CapitalG
Original: OpenRouter raises $113M Series B
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Validates the critical need for AI infrastructure routing layers in production environments
OpenRouter announced a $113M Series B funding round led by CapitalG with participation from NVentures, ServiceNow Ventures, and others. The AI routing platform processes 25 trillion tokens weekly, serving 8M+ developers across 400+ models.
OpenRouter raised $113M in Series B funding led by CapitalG (Alphabet's growth fund), with participation from NVentures (NVIDIA), ServiceNow Ventures, MongoDB Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, Databricks Ventures, AMP PBC, and Pace Capital, alongside existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures. The company's weekly volume grew from 5 trillion to 25 trillion tokens over six months, serving over 8 million developers building across 400+ models. OpenRouter operates as a routing and gateway layer between AI agents and model providers, handling routing, reliability, cost optimization, and compliance. The platform has expanded to support multimodal inference including image, audio, speech, transcription, embedding, and video models, alongside enterprise controls like workspaces and guardrails.