As of last month, open models are winning requests.
Google held #
1# on OpenRouter for 51 straight weeks. On Aug 3, DeepSeek passed them. DeepSeek weekly requests grew 12.6x since Sep 2025. We predicted this in v1 of the report. Whoever wins tokens wins requests.
Closed providers' share fell from 54% to 44% since May. The model is a commodity now, and the lock-in has moved up a layer. v1.1 of the State of Open Source AI report is live today.