OptimAI Router launches with OpenAI-compatible API for idle compute
OptimAI launched Router, an OpenAI-style chat completions API that routes requests to open models served by independent providers, with per-key caps, credit payments, and MCP plus x402 pay-as-you-go coming soon.
Introducing OptimAI Router 🌐 Open models have never been better. Using them is another story: running one yourself means hardware and upkeep, and renting one means someone else's prices and rules. Meanwhile, millions of capable computers sit idle every night. Router connects those two sides. 🛠 For builders • One OpenAI-style chat completions API, with streaming • You choose the model, and Router never swaps it • Try requests in the Playground before you write code • API keys with monthly caps, per-key limits and a max charge per request • Pay with OptimAI Credits and top up with x402 💻 For providers Set up in OptimAI Core Node in four steps: Computer → Model → Pricing → Serving. Earn credits for every completed request and collect Points while you serve. You set your price, and you start and stop serving whenever you like. Coming soon: MCP and x402 pay-as-you-go for individual requests. One network, two ways in. 👉 https://router.optimai.network