Ramp launches Router, a service for switching between AI models

In short: Ramp has launched Router, a new US-only service that helps companies use and switch between different AI chat models through a single connection.

What happened

Ramp, a company known for corporate expense management tools, launched an AI model routing service called Router. A “model router” is like a switchboard operator, it sends each question to one of several AI models (the systems behind many chatbots) based on rules you set.

Router lets users access models from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Moonshot, Minimax, Nvidia, xAI, and Z.ai. It also offers routing “strategies” that can prioritize certain providers, choose models based on up to three benchmarks (simple scorecards you pick), or send only harder questions to more expensive models.

Ramp says it has used its own routing system internally for the past three years. Router includes a dashboard that shows usage details like token spend (tokens are small chunks of text, like the meter used to price AI), cost, speed, and how often Router had to retry using a backup model.

The service is only available in the United States. Ramp says Router is free to use for the rest of 2026, but customers still pay the underlying AI usage costs, and it comes with a $26 launch credit. Ramp did not say what it will charge in 2027.

Router keeps records of model inputs and outputs for one year by default, unless users opt out. Ramp says it removes personally identifiable information before using that content to improve the product.

Why it matters

More businesses now rely on AI for everyday work, but no single AI model is best at everything. A routing service can make it easier to compare models, control costs, and keep an eye on spending, without rewriting tools every time a company wants to switch providers.

Source: TechCrunch AI