AI teams are moving away from one-size-fits-all model choices. Routing layers let products send simple work to cheaper models while reserving stronger models for high-value reasoning, research, or customer-facing responses. The practical takeaway is clear: model choice is becoming an operating margin decision, not only a benchmark decision.
AI model routing becomes the new cloud cost battleground
Teams are shifting from one-model stacks to routing layers that choose cheaper or stronger models per request.