OpenRouter reports Google retains 78% of paying AI lab accounts in October
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OpenRouter reports that 78% of accounts with 100+ paid requests to Google in September were still paying in October.
The same measure gives DeepSeek, Anthropic and OpenAI 74% each. OpenRouter says other leading open-weight labs retained fewer users month over month.
The figures cover only accounts that made 100 or more paid requests to a lab in September, as stated in OpenRouter's post on X.
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OpenRouter@OpenRouterOfficialOpenRouter data shows Google keeps 78% of paying AI lab accountsAIOpenRouter reports that 78% of accounts with 100+ paid requests to Google in September were still paying in October. DeepSeek, Anthropic and OpenAI each retained 74%, while other leading open-weight labs retained fewer users month over month.

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