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Weave Router
Intelligent model router for coding agents that routes each turn to the cheapest capable model.
Astra-level quality claim2.3x faster on Terminal-Bench51% of cost vs GPT-6 AstraElastic License 2.0 self-host5% of routed spend pricing
Opportunity score
70/100
Strong timing and a compelling cost/quality story, but the market is crowded and the moat depends on data and distribution more than defensible technology.
Founder verdict
MAYBE
Weave Router has a compelling cost-quality story for a large market, but no public revenue or verified customer proof makes it too early to call a defensible winner.
What is Weave Router?
Weave Router is a specialized LLM routing layer for AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. It observes each agent turn, classifies task difficulty, checks cache economics and provider quotas, and routes to a cheaper model when confidence is high, escalating back to frontier models when the cheap model stalls. The landing page claims Astra-level quality at roughly half the cost and 2.3x faster execution on Terminal-Bench. Pricing is usage-based at 5% of routed spend, with an Elastic License 2.0 self-host option and enterprise setup for teams of 50-plus. Observed claims are from the vendor and not independently verified.
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