Most American companies are using frontier or near frontier models.
And OpenRouter’s architecture makes it inherently a compliance nightmare.
It’s much easier for the typical company to go with a provider where they can pay as they go and have a single data processing agreement.
> OpenRouter’s architecture makes it inherently a compliance nightmare
Why?
Because the platform is designed to send data to numerous different backend data processors.
Using something like Bedrock is a lot easier for compliance because the only processor is Amazon.
Amazon would never do anything nefarious.
Amazon has a track record of fulfilling their compliance obligations.
Compliance doesn’t hinge on superstition. It hinges on audits, certifications, contracts, and the legal environment.
That’s not the point.