diff --git a/cofounder/api/.env b/cofounder/api/.env
index 0151e62..54158f8 100644
--- a/cofounder/api/.env
+++ b/cofounder/api/.env
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ PORT = 667
 OPENAI_API_KEY = "REPLACE_WITH_OPENAI_KEY"
 ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = "REPLACE_WITH_ANTHROPIC_KEY"
 COFOUNDER_API_KEY = "REPLACE_WITH_COFOUNDER.OPENINTERFACE.AI_KEY"
+OPENROUTER_TOKEN = "REPLACE_WITH_OPENROUTER_TOKEN"
 
 # llm, can be 'ANTHROPIC' (for claude sonnet 3.5) or 'OPENAI' (uses diff. models for diff. passes)
 # make sure there are matching api keys
@@ -29,4 +30,4 @@ DESIGNER_DESIGN_SYSTEM = "presets/shadcn" #"presets/shadcn"
 SWARM_ENABLE = TRUE
 
 # OPTIONAL
-COFOUNDER_NICKNAME = "Cofounder"
\ No newline at end of file
+COFOUNDER_NICKNAME = "Cofounder"
diff --git a/cofounder/api/utils/anthropic.js b/cofounder/api/utils/anthropic.js
index 4f651a3..aeb95bb 100644
--- a/cofounder/api/utils/anthropic.js
+++ b/cofounder/api/utils/anthropic.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
+import openrouter from "./openrouter.js"; // Import the new openrouter module
 dotenv.config();
 const anthropic = new Anthropic();
 
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ async function inference({
 	messages,
 	stream = process.stdout,
 }) {
+	if (process.env.OPENROUTER_TOKEN) {
+		return openrouter.inference({ model, messages, stream });
+	}
+
 	// messages are in openai format , need conversion
 	const converted = await _convertFromOpenaiFormat({ messages });
 	// console.dir({ "debug:utils:anthropic": {messages : converted.messages} } , {depth:null})
diff --git a/cofounder/api/utils/index.js b/cofounder/api/utils/index.js
index da54126..ddfd0d4 100644
--- a/cofounder/api/utils/index.js
+++ b/cofounder/api/utils/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import firebase from "@/utils/firebase.js";
 import storage from "@/utils/storage.js";
 import load from "@/utils/load.js";
 import anthropic from "@/utils/anthropic.js";
+import openrouter from "@/utils/openrouter.js";
 
 export default {
 	parsers,
@@ -16,4 +17,5 @@ export default {
 	firebase,
 	storage,
 	load,
+	openrouter,
 };
diff --git a/cofounder/api/utils/openai.js b/cofounder/api/utils/openai.js
index 20470af..6e3733a 100644
--- a/cofounder/api/utils/openai.js
+++ b/cofounder/api/utils/openai.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import OpenAI from "openai";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
+import openrouter from "./openrouter.js"; // Import the new openrouter module
 dotenv.config();
 
 let openai;
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ async function inference({
 	messages,
 	stream = process.stdout,
 }) {
+	if (process.env.OPENROUTER_TOKEN) {
+		return openrouter.inference({ model, messages, stream });
+	}
+
 	const streaming = await openai.chat.completions.create({
 		model,
 		messages,
@@ -55,6 +60,7 @@ async function inference({
 		usage: { model, ...usage },
 	};
 }
+
 async function vectorize({
 	texts,
 	model = process.env.EMBEDDING_MODEL || `text-embedding-3-small`,
diff --git a/cofounder/api/utils/openrouter.js b/cofounder/api/utils/openrouter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a22d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cofounder/api/utils/openrouter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import fetch from "node-fetch";
+
+async function inference({ model, messages, stream = process.stdout }) {
+	const response = await fetch("https://api.openrouter.ai/v1/chat/completions", {
+		method: "POST",
+		headers: {
+			"Content-Type": "application/json",
+			Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OPENROUTER_TOKEN}`,
+		},
+		body: JSON.stringify({
+			model,
+			messages,
+			stream: true,
+		}),
+	});
+
+	if (!response.ok) {
+		throw new Error(`OpenRouter API request failed: ${response.statusText}`);
+	}
+
+	const reader = response.body.getReader();
+	const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8");
+	let text = "";
+	let usage = {};
+	let cutoff_reached = false;
+	let chunks_buffer = "";
+	let chunks_iterator = 0;
+	const chunks_every = 5;
+
+	while (true) {
+		const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+		if (done) break;
+		const chunk = decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
+		text += chunk;
+		chunks_buffer += chunk;
+		chunks_iterator++;
+		if (stream?.cutoff) {
+			if (!cutoff_reached && text.includes(stream.cutoff)) {
+				cutoff_reached = true;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!(chunks_iterator % chunks_every)) {
+			stream.write(!cutoff_reached ? chunks_buffer : " ...");
+			chunks_buffer = "";
+		}
+	}
+
+	stream.write(`\n`);
+
+	return {
+		text,
+		usage: { model, ...usage },
+	};
+}
+
+export default {
+	inference,
+};