Overview
Louis Vichy is a co-founder of OpenRouter[1], a platform that provides unified API access to large language models[1]. Based in the New York AI scene, Vichy has been involved in developing infrastructure for accessing multiple AI models through a single interface[1].
Career history
- Co-FounderMay 2023 to PresentOpenRouter
- Co-FounderJan 2022 to Dec 2023Plasmo
- Founding EngineerFeb 2021 to Jan 2022Ponder
- Co-FounderFeb 2019 to Feb 2020RosHub Inc
- EngineerJan 2017 to Aug 2017Intuit
- EngineerJan 2016 to Aug 2016Swurveys
- Co-FounderAug 2015 to Jan 2016jabSquared
- MentorSep 2013 to Jul 2014Seattle CoderDojo
Education
Bachelor’s Degree, Game and Interactive Media Design2016 - Jun 2018Rochester Institute of Technology
Associate of Science(A.S.), Computer Science and Engineering2013 - 2015Green River College
- N/A, Computer Programming2011 - 2013High School for Gifted StudentsHanoi University of Science
Insights & ideas
Louis Vichy discusses OpenRouter's founding rationale as a way to de-risk AI application development by shifting large language model costs onto the end user rather than the app builder [1]. He describes how this approach helped the platform scale to processing roughly five to six trillion tokens per week, positioning OpenRouter as infrastructure sitting between AI applications and the many model providers they might use [1].
On the technical side, he discusses OpenRouter's engineering choices, including building its stack in TypeScript and relying on internal tooling powered by the Effect framework [2]. He addresses the engineering challenges involved in scaling AI infrastructure of this kind, reflecting a recurring focus on the practical, systems-level problems of operating a high-throughput API layer across hundreds of models [2].
Media & appearances
- The Infra PodApple PodcastsBuilding a successful infra product between all the AI apps and model providers (chat with Louis from OpenRouter)Tim (Essence VC) and Ian (Keycard) interviewed Louis Vichy, co-founder of OpenRouter, about why he built OpenRouter to de-risk AI app development (end-user pays LLM costs), how it scaled to processing ~5–6T tokens/week, and what OpenRouter is today: a
- Cause & EffectApple PodcastsInside OpenRouter’s Tech Stack and Use of Effect #6Get support from the Effect community Louis Vichy, co-founder of OpenRouter, joins Johannes Schickling and Michael Arnaldi to talk about OpenRouter’s TypeScript stack, internal tooling powered by Effect, and the engineering challenges of scaling an AI
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