Zhipu's GLM 5.3 Flash anonymously dominated Open Router and costs 40x less than Claude
“at its peak, OX Alpha accounted for nearly a third of Open Router's entire weekly traffic”
Meta Connect 2026
- Dates
- 2026-09-16 → 2026-09-17
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA
- Ecosystem
- frontier lab
- Importance
- 8/10
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