For inference suppliers

Good infrastructure.
A clearer route
to demand.

Help build a gateway where compatibility, policy, health, and cost determine the route—and suppliers can understand how they are evaluated.

SUPPLIER CONTROL PLANEDESIGN

One transparent
routing framework.

CapabilityProtocol & models
EligibilityTerms & policies
PerformanceHealth & cost

Published inputs. Conformance before rollout. Planned supplier-specific reporting.

The onboarding path

A deliberate start. A measured ramp.

The proposed supplier workflow combines commercial permissions with technical validation. Each stage has a clear purpose before production traffic is enabled.

01

Agree the boundaries

Document supplier terms, regions, retention behavior, model capabilities, and commercial permissions. Separate inference supply from any optional data license.

02

Test the protocol

Validate streaming, tool calls, caching, error mapping, and usage reporting with a conformance suite. Share the report and resolve gaps before a ramp.

03

Ramp with evidence

Start with synthetic validation, then a controlled canary where authorized. Observe health, latency, throughput, and request accounting against release criteria.

04

Operate with visibility

Maintain effective-dated prices, capacity limits, and incident controls. Reconcile statements to usage and propagate model lifecycle changes.

Fair routing, explained

Terms are constraints.
Performance is evidence.

The routing design first decides whether an endpoint is eligible. Only then does it compare eligible routes using published scoring inputs.

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HARD REQUIREMENTSMust be satisfied

Customer and organization policy

Supplier permissions and region

Required protocol and capability

Budget and maximum price

COMPARISON INPUTSFor eligible routes

Health, latency, cost, and cache affinity

Disclosed commercial inputs in the cost model

Two distinct relationships

Supplying inference.
Licensing data.

A provider may be interested in both. The consent, access, and commercial boundaries still need to remain separate.

Your operational view

The proposed supplier workspace exposes your own usage, health, endpoints, and statements. It does not expose competitors’ traffic or pricing.

Optional, licensed data access

Any data-back arrangement requires its own permission chain and license. Serving a request does not automatically authorize buying or reusing its session record.

One controlled lifecycle

Price changes, model additions, deprecations, and route eligibility are designed to be versioned and reviewed, with clear notice to affected users.

Questions, answered

A few good questions.

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Are any supplier partnerships announced?

This preview makes no claim of an existing vendor partnership, production supplier agreement, or available model inventory. We welcome conversations with model providers and inference platforms.

What does the conformance process cover?

The planned process covers streaming, tool use, usage accuracy, caching, error semantics, and operational behavior. Requirements depend on the protocol and advertised capabilities. Production support will follow a documented test report.

Can a supplier pay for preferred placement?

The design calls for published routing inputs and no undisclosed pay-for-placement. Any commercial adjustment that affects cost ranking must be represented in the disclosed cost model, while customer policy and eligibility remain hard constraints.

Build with us

Bring your endpoint. Let’s map the fit.

Share your protocol, models, regions, and operating requirements. We’ll start with the details that matter.

Let’s talk

OptinRouter AI guide

Product and developer guidance.

A good place to start

What would you
like to know?

Ask about public APIs, policies, grammars, context actions or the product. This guide uses approved information and can’t reveal private details or take actions.

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