# Julien Chaumond uses Pi's Virtual Models to route between local and remote models

> Original title: One of the coolest recent features in Pi is Virtual Models

- Source: Julien Chaumond
- Published: 2026-11-10T14:56:27.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/tqvibh93bfmn8zsnr7ta7135h
- Original: https://x.com/julien_c/status/2120168716251898041

## Summary

One of the coolest recent features in Pi is Virtual Models I am using it to route to Qwen 3.8 27B (running locally in @Llama_app) or to Kimi K3 or GLM 5.3 (hosted remotely), depending on my query complexity and my machine's current load 🔥 No more manual model switching!! Kudos @badlogicgames @mitsuhiko + ggml team!!

## Post

One of the coolest recent features in Pi is Virtual Models

I am using it to route to Qwen 3.8 27B (running locally in @Llama_app) or to Kimi K3 or GLM 5.3 (hosted remotely), 
depending on my query complexity and my machine's current load 🔥

No more manual model switching!!

Kudos @badlogicgames @mitsuhiko + ggml team!!

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