Releasesby IbisPrivate Endpoints: Bring Your Fine-Tuned Models and Capacity to OpenRouter
GA10 days agoUnverifiedAdded Oct 17, 2026
OpenRouter introduced Private Endpoints for Enterprise customers, allowing teams to route fine-tuned models and dedicated deployments through the standard OpenRouter API with organization-only visibility.
Topics: LLMs, Developer tools
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