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  • Ramp Launches Router.com Model Gateway with Free Routing Through 2026

    Corporate spend management company Ramp has launched Router.com, a unified AI gateway designed to dynamically direct model inference requests to the lowest-cost model that satisfies a developer's performance requirements. The service, unveiled on August 19, 2026, enters general availability with zero routing fees through 2026, charging customers only standard list prices for consumed tokens and offering $26 in starting credits. Ramp, which oversees more than $200 billion in annual transaction v

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  • AI FinOps: Cutting LLM Inference Costs by 30-60% Through Model Tiering, Caching, and GPU Optimization

    AI FinOps: Cutting LLM Inference Costs by 30-60% Through Model Tiering, Caching, and GPU Optimization Inference costs have become the second-largest line item in enterprise AI budgets, trailing only talent spend according to RapidData's State of Enterprise AI 2026. This shift represents a fundamental inversion from the 2021-2023 era when training dominated AI expenditure. The compounding nature of serving costs—accumulating every hour as long as users hit the API—means that even modest producti

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