Model Routing Demand Surges as Open-Weight Models Rise

Model routing demand grows as frontier model costs rise and open-weight models like Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8-Max gain power. Glean, led by Arvind Jain, reached $300M ARR, a three-fold increase over 15 months. Glean's Waldo model cuts latency by 50% and tokens by 25%.