Peter Walker
@PeterJ_Walker
Head of Insights @OpenRouter | Data Storyteller
ex @cartainc, lover of data viz.
Joined March 2020
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Blended effective price per token can keep falling for a long time even if the list prices of new models remain flat or even increase a bit.
Cache is king
Cache rates across the AI landscape have gotten markedly better in 2026.
We saw an 85% median cache rate in agentic requests across OpenRouter last month, up from 65% in the beginning of the year. And the vast majority of providers now serve agentic cache at 70% or higher.
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