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  1. 001Hacker NewsSEP · 20English

    Jev Collection

    The Jev Collection showcases community demos and experiments built with Jev, an AI agent framework. DAIR.AI offers educational resources and courses, including a new course on building AI apps with Claude Code.

    By omarsar
  2. 002Hacker NewsSEP · 20English

    Show HN: A minimal Pareto-optimal OpenRouter model router for pi, based on Jev

    A minimal Pareto-optimal model router for pi that uses Jev-based task classification to route requests across OpenRouter models, achieving 88-89% cost reductions for writing and code tasks while maintaining quality through task-specific verification.

    By Philippdubach
  3. 003Hacker NewsSEP · 19English

    Launched a JEV directory with 100 uses cases

    A ChatGPT co-creator launched Jev, a lightweight decision-making model designed for multiple-choice tasks rather than text generation, which gained 31.4M views in two days. Developers quickly integrated it into browser automation, email triage, safety review systems, and other applications, with deployments at Vercel, Cloudflare, and OpenRouter within 48 hours.

    By kraayen_jon
  4. 004X 主题热门SEP · 19English

    Robinhood · X 热门 · 2026-09-19 06:16 UTC

    Social media discussions on Robinhood Chain cover Layer 2 token volatility, liquidity provider tools across multiple blockchain networks, and strategic positioning of AI inference platforms. Posts analyze market opportunities in AI model access and agent commerce within the Robinhood ecosystem.

  5. 005Hacker NewsSEP · 18English

    Open source tool to schedule, analyze, and grow your LinkedIn page

    An open-source AI-powered tool that transforms articles and projects into on-brand LinkedIn posts via OpenRouter, manages approvals and scheduling through Convex, and syncs performance metrics back to a dashboard. Built with Next.js, shadcn/ui, and LinkedIn's OAuth and Posts APIs.

    By Yapsgg
  6. 006Hacker NewsSEP · 18English

    I used Jev to control a swarm of 15 simulated drones in real time

    A multi-drone autonomy simulation using TypeSafe Jev as a fast reflex layer (System 1) that can request strategic advice from a reasoning model (System 2) without pausing control. The interactive dashboard lets users configure fleet size from one to twenty drones, toggle System 2 guidance, and observe real-time decision confidence, latency, and collision outcomes across independent drone navigators.

    By Khordoo
  7. 007Hacker NewsSEP · 18English

    Union Alpha is Pareto 26.9

    Union Alpha, revealed as Pareto 26.9 from The Unbiased Co., is a stealth-launched model available on OpenRouter, OpenCode, and Cloudflare that uses a multi-model system architecture rather than single weights. The model experienced extreme demand causing performance issues, prompting AWS capacity expansion and introduction of paid access at competitive pricing starting at $2.50 per million input tokens.

    By soltanov
  8. 008Hacker NewsSEP · 17English

    Union Alpha is Unbiased's Pareto

    Union Alpha is Unbiased's Pareto, a multimodal composite model hosted by OpenRouter with 262,144 token context window, priced at $2.50/M input and $7.50/M output tokens. The model delivers 34 tokens/second throughput and 4.52 seconds latency, supporting function calling and JSON output for research, coding, and agentic workflows.

    By algoth1
  9. 009Hacker NewsSEP · 17English

    Union Alpha is a multimodal model built for research, coding, agentic workflows

    Union Alpha is a multimodal model for research, coding, and agentic workflows, developed by an anonymous third-party provider and routed through OpenRouter. It offers frontier-level performance with a 262K token context window, free access during preview, and supports function calling and JSON output.

    By Bluestein
  10. 010Hacker NewsSEP · 17English

    New stealth model: Union Alpha

    OpenRouter announced Union Alpha, a new free multimodal model supporting research, coding, and agentic workflows with 256K context window and tool calling capabilities at frontier-level performance.

    By soltanov
  11. 011Hacker NewsSEP · 17English

    Jev Ultrafast: A browser agent with a dynamic, indexed action space

    Jev Ultrafast is a browser automation agent that uses a dynamic, indexed action space to complete web tasks efficiently. It processes page observations into an element table and selects operations (CLICK, TYPE_TEXT, SELECT, etc.) with compatible targets in a single network round trip, completing tasks like booking flights in seconds without site-specific scripts.

    By Browser-Use
  12. 012Hacker NewsSEP · 17English

    Show HN: Echodot – Local-first AI that writes replies in your tone

    Echodot is a local-first desktop application that generates AI-written replies matching your personal writing style. It works across any app via a global hotkey, runs offline using Ollama or optional cloud providers, and keeps all data private on your device.

    By Ohkariku-Boop
  13. 013Hacker NewsSEP · 16English

    VideoRouter – OpenRouter for video and image generation APIs

    VideoRouter is an API aggregation platform for video and image generation that routes requests to the cheapest available provider across Sora, Kling, Veo, and 15+ models. It negotiates volume pricing with GPU hosts and offers a flat 2% platform fee, undercutting OpenRouter's 5%, with automatic failover and continuous price optimization.

    By franklin_yao
  14. 014Hacker NewsSEP · 16English

    Ask HN: What's the most economical approach to the most tokens?

    A developer asks for cost-effective approaches to accessing AI tokens for web and game development, comparing tools like VSCodium with Cline, Cursor, and OpenRouter across various models including GLM, Grok, and Deepseek.

    By RufusJacksons
  15. 015X 主题热门SEP · 16English

    data center revenue · X 热门 · 2026-09-16 09:33 UTC

    A social media post analyzes NVIDIA's massive financial performance, highlighting $96.2B in quarterly revenue with $89B+ from data center operations. The analysis distinguishes between confirmed financial results ($59.7B GAAP net income, $74.4B operating cash flow in six months) and future investor expectations, while examining $360B in AI cloud commitments and $1.05 trillion in guaranteed arrangements.

  16. 016Hacker NewsSEP · 16English

    A new privacy savy openrouter

    OpenRouter introduces in-region routing that restricts API requests to infrastructure located in specific regions (EU or US), with guardrails to enforce data residency policies. Requests fail rather than silently route outside the specified region, and enforcement applies across all OpenRouter API surfaces for Business and Enterprise plans.

    By gvieri
  17. 017Hacker NewsSEP · 15English

    OpenRouter users spent more on OpenAI models than on Anthropic models last week

    OpenRouter users spent more on OpenAI models than on Anthropic models last week, marking the first time this has occurred in over 2.5 years.

    By tosh
  18. 018Hacker NewsSEP · 15English

    So you want to use OpenRouter?

    OpenRouter routes API requests to cost-effective backend providers, but Mohamed Moustafa highlights inconsistencies: different providers use varying serving software, with some lacking vision capabilities or handling reasoning options differently. Users can control routing with the provider.only option and check available providers via the /endpoints method.

    By Simon Willison
  19. 019Hacker NewsSEP · 15English

    CrofAI Is an OpenRouter Wrapper

    CrofAI, presented as an independent inference provider, is revealed to be an OpenRouter wrapper that silently routes requested models to cheaper or weaker alternatives like DeepSeek V4 Flash and GLM 5.3 Flash, explaining its low prices. Evidence includes tool acceptance patterns, model routing logs, and GitHub attestations from multiple dates showing consistent model substitution across dozens of models.

    By wut42
  20. 020Hacker NewsSEP · 14English

    Amp is now free to use when you bring your own compute and model subs/keys

    Amp, an AI agent platform, is now free to use with bring-your-own-key model subscriptions and compute. Users can leverage their existing ChatGPT or other AI provider subscriptions without monthly fees, paying only for Amp's orbs (remote computers) or using free local runners. New free Hobby and Teams tiers democratize access while maintaining discounts for existing premium members.

    By jhchabran