What it sells
Least cost routing system to reduce 70%+ token spend
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedIndividual developers and engineering/AI platform leads paying for LLM spend.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
High token spend across providers; wanting provider failover and cost visibility.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Point an OpenAI/Anthropic client at api.conifer.build with one key; router picks model, provider and cache per request, with failover and cost receipts; optional local models and parallel code review.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Cloud tokens billed at the model's own catalog rate with no upcharge; runtime, router and local inference free; paid add-ons such as Parallax review credits and router leasing.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Self-serve key minting and CLI/desktop install; console; partner program for router leasing.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2026 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.