The AI Riff (Ep 58) - The AI Routing Wars

Everyone is chasing better AI models—but what if the biggest opportunity is deciding which model to use in the first place? This week, the team unpacks the rumored multi-billion-dollar push into AI routing and why companies like Stripe see it as the next critical layer of the AI economy. From cutting AI costs by intelligently switching between models to the emergence of "router wars," the conversation explores whether AI routers will become as essential as payment processors—and whether frontier AI companies will eventually fight back. If you're building AI products, leading a business, or trying to understand where enterprise AI is headed, this episode reveals why the future may belong not to the best model, but to the smartest way of using them.