The Pulse: a new trend, smart model routing

This article discusses the emerging trend of smart model routing in AI engineering, where companies use intelligent routers to automatically select the most cost-effective language model for each task. It highlights the significant price differences between models (10-20x) and presents various vendors and solutions such as Factory Router, Not Diamond, Vercel AI gateway, and others that claim cost savings of 20-30%. The article also covers AI gateways like OpenRouter and LiteLLM that offer routing functionality, and mentions auto-model selection in tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot. It is a tech-focused analysis of AI cost optimization strategies.