Upstream Supply Network
Internal sourcing and routing view that powers our unified AI API service
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OpenRouter
🇺🇸CommercialPaid
Unified API for 200+ AI models with competitive pricing and smart routing
Relay / aggregation layerProcurement guardedUse with guardrailsLive Verified
Operating model
Relay / aggregation layer
Procurement
Procurement guarded
Recommendation
Strong option for cross-model routing and experimentation, but do not collapse it into direct first-party procurement in production architecture.
overdue · 14d cadence
Live Verification
All required official source types are currently reachable from this verification environment.
4 verified · 0 blocked · 0 broken
official baseline
Models:
claude-3-opusclaude-3-sonnetclaude-3-haiku+5
DeepSeek is a Chinese AI company that has developed powerful language models with exceptional coding capabilities and highly competitive pricing. The DeepSeek-V3 chat model and DeepSeek-Coder series offer performance comparable to GPT-4 at a fraction of the cost, making them attractive alternatives for developers and businesses prioritizing cost-efficiency. DeepSeek models excel at code generation, mathematical reasoning, and Chinese language understanding, with official APIs supporting both Chinese and English. The platform's aggressive pricing strategy positions it as one of the most cost-effective solutions for production AI deployments.
Direct model providerProcurement readyFirst-party preferredLive Verified
Operating model
Direct model provider
Procurement
Procurement ready
Recommendation
Use DeepSeek directly when you want the simplest path to DeepSeek models without a relay layer sitting in front of them.
overdue · 30d cadence
Live Verification
All required official source types are currently reachable from this verification environment.
3 verified · 0 blocked · 0 broken
official baseline
Models:
deepseek-chatdeepseek-coderdeepseek-r1+1
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Anthropic
🇺🇸CommercialPaid
AI safety company offering Claude 3 family with extended context windows
Direct model providerProcurement guardedFirst-party preferredPartial
Operating model
Direct model provider
Procurement
Procurement guarded
Recommendation
Use Anthropic directly when Claude is strategic and you want first-party support, pricing, and model policy alignment. Live verification is currently partial because some required official source types are blocked from this environment: documentation, support.
overdue · 30d cadence
Live Verification
Some required official source types are live-verified, while others are blocked or broken and need follow-up.
1 verified · 2 blocked · 0 broken
official baseline
Models:
claude-3-opusclaude-3-sonnetclaude-3-haiku
AI service platform with API relay capabilities
Relay / aggregation layerProcurement blockedNeeds verificationBlocked
Operating model
Relay / aggregation layer
Procurement
Procurement blocked
Recommendation
Reasonable when you need broad model access and China-friendly delivery, but do not treat it as identical to direct first-party procurement. Live verification is currently partial because some required official source types are blocked from this environment: documentation, pricing, support, terms.
overdue · 7d cadence
Live Verification
Required official source types exist, but live verification is currently blocked from this environment or region.
0 verified · 4 blocked · 0 broken
Blocking factors
Required official source types are currently blocked from this verification environment: documentation, pricing, support, terms.
official baseline
Kimi by Moonshot is a long-context LLM API with excellent reasoning.
Direct model providerProcurement blockedNeeds verificationPartial
Operating model
Direct model provider
Procurement
Procurement blocked
Recommendation
Use Moonshot directly when Kimi is a target model family and you want first-party pricing and support alignment. Current live verification is degraded because required official source types are missing or broken: documentation, terms.
overdue · 7d cadence
Live Verification
Some required official source types are live-verified, while others are blocked or broken and need follow-up.
2 verified · 0 blocked · 1 broken
Blocking factors
Required official source types are currently broken or missing in live verification: documentation, terms.
official baseline