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ngrok AI Gateway
One gateway, every model.
Backed by ngrok (100k+ developers)Native local LLM connectivityPay-as-you-go $0.05/M tokensSupports OpenAI, Anthropic, Vercel AI SDK
Opportunity score
72/100
A strong play in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure space, but faces intense competition from established AI gateways and cloud providers.
Founder verdict
MAYBE
A compelling product with real developer pain, but success hinges on execution, time-to-market, and the strength of ngrok's existing distribution.
What is ngrok AI Gateway?
ngrok AI Gateway is a hosted, drop-in API gateway that unifies access to any AI model—public providers (OpenAI, Anthropic), custom endpoints, and self-hosted models—behind a single base URL. It provides observability, access control, key management, and automatic failover/retry. The product leverages ngrok's tunneling technology to securely expose private LLMs without public IPs, eliminating infrastructure headaches. It charges a flat $0.05 per million tokens on top of inference costs, with a bring-your-own-key option to retain existing provider agreements. Built for developers who want to centrally route, monitor, and control model usage without managing additional infrastructure.
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