The Open Company
To provide a unified, open-source API gateway that simplifies LLM integration, management, and cost-analysis for developers.
At a Glance
- AI Developers
- Startups
- Enterprise AI Engineering Teams
AI Tools by The Open Company
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LLM Gateway
Unified API for Multiple LLMs
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Latest News
LLM Gateway v1.0 Launch
Q1 Shipped: Video generation and new models added
Strategic partnership with Alibaba Cloud and DeepSeek for model discounts
Products & Services
A unified API for routing and managing LLM requests across 25+ providers and 210+ models.
Open-source version under AGPLv3 for privacy and control.
Hosted service with 99.9% SLA, SSO, and enterprise features.
Market Position
Open-source alternative to OpenRouter and LiteLLM, offering lower gateway fees and the ability to self-host for complete data control.
Leadership
Founders
Ismail Ghallou
Senior Frontend Engineer at Axis Communications, designer, and developer known as smakosh.
Luca Steeb
Full Stack & DevOps engineer, previously at Prisma and Hatchet-dev; co-founder of LLM Gateway.
Executive Team
Ismail Ghallou
Co-Founder
Frontend engineering and design expert.
Luca Steeb
Co-Founder
Full stack and infrastructure specialist.
Founding Story
Built in just 2-4 weeks and launched in May 2025 as a more open and self-hostable alternative to platforms like OpenRouter.
Business Model
Revenue Model
SaaS subscriptions and enterprise licensing for managed and self-hosted deployments.
Pricing Tiers
Unlimited setup, basic monitoring, no credit card required.
Custom volume pricing, dedicated shards, SLA, SSO, white-labeling, SOC 2 compliance.
Target Markets
- AI Developers
- Startups
- Enterprise AI Engineering Teams
- Multi-model rapid experimentation
- Production LLM request routing
- Cost and performance monitoring
- Privacy-focused self-hosted AI stacks
- Open-source AI community
- Independent AI developers