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Markets2026-08-05 · source-backed
Launched at #4 on Product Hunt August 5 with 160 upvotes: one key, one URL, routing across public providers, custom endpoints, and models you run yourself, with observability, fallbacks, and per-app access control. Private models connect through ngrok's existing tunnel network, so a self-hosted model sits beside hosted providers without public exposure. Billing is optional credits or BYO keys. Deliberately not trying to be the model vendor, which is the opposite of how incumbent AI features get bundled.
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Vercel released AI Gateway / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Anthropic partners with OpenAI / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Anthropic released Fable / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Anthropic partners with White House / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Anthropic partners with White House); both cover Anthropic, OpenAI; overlapping topics (access, anthropic, model).
Anthropic released Claude / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Anthropic released Claude); both cover Anthropic, OpenAI; overlapping topics (access, anthropic, control, model).
Anthropic partners with OpenAI / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Anthropic partners with OpenAI); both cover Anthropic, OpenAI; overlapping topics (access, anthropic, model, provider).
Anthropic released Fable / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Anthropic released Fable); both cover Anthropic, OpenAI; overlapping topics (access, anthropic, behind, model).
Anthropic partners with OpenAI / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Anthropic partners with OpenAI); both cover Anthropic, OpenAI; overlapping topics (access, model).