Ramp AI model router debuts free, a day after Stripe’s $7.5B OpenRouter deal
Ramp built its name helping companies track corporate spending, but the fintech just made a move that puts it squarely inside one of the hottest fights in tech right now: who gets to sit between businesses and the AI models they rely on. On Wednesday evening, Ramp introduced Router, a new Ramp AI model router that lets companies switch between different large language models through a single API, positioning the company as a fresh contender in the fast-growing AI inference market.
Key takeaways
- Ramp launched Router on August 20, 2026, an AI model routing service that lets users switch between large language models through one API.
- Ramp says it quietly used the same routing technology internally for three years before releasing it publicly.
- Router supports models from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Moonshot, Minimax, Nvidia, xAI, and Z.ai.
- The service is free through the rest of 2026, with a $26 launch credit, though users still pay for model inference costs.
- Router is currently limited to the United States and keeps model inputs and outputs on file for a year under an opt-out data policy.
Ramp launches Router to take on AI inference costs
Router answers a problem that’s become common for any company juggling multiple AI vendors: switching between models usually means rewriting code, managing separate contracts, and losing visibility into what’s actually being spent. Ramp’s pitch is that Router removes that friction by giving businesses one API through which they can tap into a whole menu of language models instead of locking into a single provider.
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