diff --git a/QUICKSTART.md b/QUICKSTART.md
index e5697f1dd3..af2a53fd70 100644
--- a/QUICKSTART.md
+++ b/QUICKSTART.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ To build the entire repository and run the application, follow these steps:
 
     ```zsh
     cd ./packages/ai-bot
-    OPENAI_API_KEY=*** pnpm start
+    OPENROUTER_API_KEY=*** pnpm start
     ```
 
 ## Cleanup command
diff --git a/packages/ai-bot/README.md b/packages/ai-bot/README.md
index 735d1f1c26..c90213cd2b 100644
--- a/packages/ai-bot/README.md
+++ b/packages/ai-bot/README.md
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ If you are working on boxel development, you do not need to connect this up to O
 
 ### Access to GPT4
 
-You can get an OpenAI api key one from the staging parameter store or ask within the team.
-Set this as the `OPENAI_API_KEY` environment variable. Note that if you set this broadly (such as in your bashrc) this will be used by default for many other openai based tools.
+You can get an OpenRouter api key one from the staging parameter store or ask within the team.
+Set this as the `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` environment variable.
 
-    OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."
+    OPENROUTER_API_KEY="sk-..."
 
 ## Running
 
diff --git a/packages/ai-bot/main.ts b/packages/ai-bot/main.ts
index 8f404a751b..910a3851ee 100644
--- a/packages/ai-bot/main.ts
+++ b/packages/ai-bot/main.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ class Assistant {
   id: string;
 
   constructor(client: MatrixClient, id: string) {
-    this.openai = new OpenAI();
+    this.openai = new OpenAI({
+      baseURL: 'https://openrouter.ai/api/v1', // We use openrouter so that we can track usage cost in $
+      apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
+    });
     this.id = id;
     this.client = client;
   }
@@ -43,12 +46,12 @@ class Assistant {
     let messages = getModifyPrompt(history, this.id, tools);
     if (tools.length === 0) {
       return this.openai.beta.chat.completions.stream({
-        model: 'gpt-4o',
+        model: 'openai/gpt-4o',
         messages: messages,
       });
     } else {
       return this.openai.beta.chat.completions.stream({
-        model: 'gpt-4o',
+        model: 'openai/gpt-4o',
         messages: messages,
         tools: tools,
         tool_choice: 'auto',