CrofAI Exposed as OpenRouter Wrapper, Marking Up Cheap Inference by 20x

Core summary

One sentence to understand this update

CrofAI, marketed as the "cheapest inference provider in the world," has been exposed as an OpenRouter wrapper, routing requests to smaller, cheaper models at markups of up to 20x.

Impact & opportunity

What this could mean

Builders should be wary of misleading pricing and opaque service providers when choosing inference solutions, and conduct due diligence to avoid potential business risks.