Indeed, probably not cheap. Ironically, they see themselves as the ones that should help others "stop overpaying for things" and "help companies make better spending decisions":
> Wait, Ramp bought router.com? We did. It was either this or spend the next year spelling out a longer URL on podcasts. More importantly, we build tools that help companies make better spending decisions and stop overpaying for things.
Indeed. Also, ramp.com is shorter than router.com, so I don't really understand the "spelling out a longer URL on podcasts". I guess router.com is just clearer for customers?
The fact that they put "every model" repeatedly, then don't actually support even close to "most mainstream models", makes me highly doubtful their service will be more honest and forthcoming once I'm signed up.
The domain was previously owned by Innovation HQ (innovationhq.com) who own tens of thousands of domains, some of the best in the world. Innovation were asking ~$5 million for it earlier this year. Given the huge money flowing into AI router projects, I expect Ramp paid very close to asking, or perhaps a little more. So, $5 million +/- $1 million is my guess. I assume Ramp will announce the price in a few weeks to generate some more press for the project.
The domain was previously owned by Innovation HQ (innovationhq.com) who own tens of thousands of domains, some of the best in the world (they sold robot.com not long ago, owns/runs whatismyip.com). Innovation were asking ~$5 million for it earlier this year. Given the huge money flowing into AI router projects, I expect Ramp paid very close to asking, or perhaps a little more. So, $5 million +/- $1 million is my guess. I assume Ramp will announce the price in a few weeks to generate some more press for the project.
"Router itself stores model inputs, outputs, and metadata and uses this data to improve the service, but users may turn this off in settings."
Why is it that every AI-product think dark UX with default data harvesting of proprietary data is a great idea? I mean it's rhetorical, stealing for training is the norm, but it's still just as disappointing every time I see it.
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[ 0.22 ms ] story [ 4.5 ms ] threadIndeed, probably not cheap. Ironically, they see themselves as the ones that should help others "stop overpaying for things" and "help companies make better spending decisions":
> Wait, Ramp bought router.com? We did. It was either this or spend the next year spelling out a longer URL on podcasts. More importantly, we build tools that help companies make better spending decisions and stop overpaying for things.
https://engineering.ramp.com/post/thompson-sampling-model-ro...
https://x.com/RampLabs/status/2087163448513765449
Yeah, this was my hunch too, which honestly doesn't bode great for the future, but I'm always up to being pleasantly surprised.
Otherwise I think they just meant chinese models not mainstream models.
Like Hy3, Mimo, etc. Also gemini models but not sure if they are mainstream anymore.
That said the current models ain't bad!
Hmmm
A few years ago, companies buying random companies from a completely different sector was frowned upon by stakeholders
Blog post: https://ramp.com/blog/router-launch
Their site is a totally blank HTML page, it seems?
Why is it that every AI-product think dark UX with default data harvesting of proprietary data is a great idea? I mean it's rhetorical, stealing for training is the norm, but it's still just as disappointing every time I see it.