Spread the risk

While simultaneously using multiple vendors for critical applications such as CRMs and ERPs isn’t viable, pulling in different AI models to optimize for cost and efficiency is. Model gateways such as OpenRouter, LiteLLM, and Portkey can route between the applications an enterprise runs, and are becoming key components in AI infrastructure plumbing. In the year to April 2026, OpenRouter disclosed a rise from 5 trillion to 20 trillion tokens per week its products coordinated. AI orchestrators complement this layer by chaining calls and managing agent loops. Many organizations are already hedging their AI deployment strategies in this way.

A June 2026 survey of 145 enterprises by VentureBeat showed two-thirds had already adopted a diversified strategy before the Fable 5 shutdown. Just over half of those surveyed were blending closed frontier models with open-weight ones that they run internally, and another 16% were taking core workflows off closed APIs completely. We can expect this trend to continue and the commodification of models to accelerate as enterprises focus on reworking their business processes, adjusting business models and stripping out vulnerable points of failure.