The Minutes of Dylan Patel on router https://minutesof.com/dylan-patel/on/router/ Everything Dylan Patel has said on router: 2 verbatim quotes from August 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:10:16 +0000 Patel says OpenAI's router enables monetization by routing low-value queries to cheaper models and high-value https://minutesof.com/q/f0464c42-b7d7-4e68-9f7b-bc1b92430d60/ https://minutesof.com/q/f0464c42-b7d7-4e68-9f7b-bc1b92430d60/ “And now this immediately clicks like, oh, if the user asks a low value query like, hey, why is the sky blue? Just route them to mini.” — a16z Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:26:43 +0000 router Patel explains OpenAI's router will send low-value queries to cheaper models but use expensive compute for hig https://minutesof.com/q/0502aa27-d821-4087-8f4b-18a954c32235/ https://minutesof.com/q/0502aa27-d821-4087-8f4b-18a954c32235/ “if the user asks a low value query like, hey, why is the sky blue? Just route them to mini. The model can answer perfectly fine, and that is a chunk of queries.” — a16z Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:26:43 +0000 router