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In-Region Routing: Keep your data in the US or EU

US In-Region Routing is live, joining the EU. Send requests to us.openrouter.ai and they are decrypted only inside the United States and served only by providers running there, across models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, NVIDIA, Thinking Machines, DeepSeek, Moonshot, and Qwen.

September 9, 2026

Give any model a terminal and files

The shell server tool gives any model on OpenRouter a hosted Linux shell, and the Files API moves files in and out of it. Commands run in an isolated container, the model reads back stdout, stderr, and exit codes, and files the run writes can be downloaded afterward. Available today in beta on the Responses and Messages APIs.

September 8, 2026

OpenRouter Video Generation API: A Code-First Guide

Every video provider has its own endpoint, job statuses, polling logic, and output format. Our async video API puts Seedance, Veo, Wan, and more behind one submit, poll, and download loop. Here's the full lifecycle in Python and TypeScript.

August 25, 2026

The Unified Interface For Every Model