The plumbing war: How enterprises are building the routing layer for multi-model AI

A Fortune 500 engineer deleted 47,000 lines of code, replaced them with 212 lines of YAML. AI costs dropped 63%. The routing layer between enterprises and their AI models is quietly becoming the most strategic chokepoint in tech.

Marcus Schuler December 9, 2025, 5:58 AM PST · 19 min read

The plumbing war: How enterprises are building the routing layer for multi-model AI

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Marcus Schuler

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Tech translator with German roots who fled to Silicon Valley chaos. Decodes startup noise from San Francisco. Launched implicator.ai to slice through AI's daily madness—crisp, clear, with Teutonic precision and sarcasm. E-Mail: [email protected]

The plumbing war: How enterprises are building the routing layer for multi-model AI

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