# Bad Influence story: OpenRouter reports 12-fold growth in MAI Transcribe 2 requests

Active · 2 articles · 2 sources · First reported 11-11 12:30. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/f90f54b3-b5cf-48cc-b070-b29fc3bce43d

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Latest update (11-11 12:30): OpenRouter reports 12-fold growth in MAI Transcribe 2 requests

Overview: OpenRouter says requests for MAI Transcribe 2 rose 12 times since its launch, reaching 8.5 million transcriptions last week, up from 0.7 million in its first week in September. OpenRouter also says requests across the whole speech-to-text category grew 3 times over the same period. The figures come from OpenRouter's own post on X and have not been independently verified.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-11 17:40 · Mustafa Suleyman · [MAI Transcribe 2 requests rise 12-fold on OpenRouter since launch](https://badinfluence.news/items/xh0m9vrutgr64pk63i5onrx8x)
2. 11-11 12:30 · OpenRouter · [OpenRouter reports 12-fold growth in MAI Transcribe 2 requests](https://badinfluence.news/items/vg3xffqk58ke75tb98xrxy0tr)
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