Experiential Labs open-sources a router that learns from agent traffic
The Y Combinator Summer 2026 startup is betting that production traces can push routine work onto cheaper models customers own.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Hacker News
Why it matters
Model gateways are becoming control points for enterprise AI spending. Experiential Labs is betting that owning the traffic layer also creates the data needed to reduce dependence on rented frontier models.
Kion Fallah and Silen Naihin (@silennai) open-sourced a model router in July that uses an AI agent's production history to decide which model should handle each new request. Their larger bet is that the inference bill can eventually finance its own replacement.…