Ox Alpha’s real mystery isn’t who built it
The New Stack 1 month ago 42 ● 3 sources
Ox Alpha appeared on OpenRouter on August 20 without any company claiming responsibility, and developers began probing endpoints and model behavior to identify the underlying provider. The OpenCode terminal agent debuted the same day with a claimed capacity of 100 trillion tokens per day, while Ox Alpha’s OpenRouter pricing for a preview was 0 for both input and output. Because OpenRouter and related disclosures conflict about prompt retention and training rights, teams face different privacy expectations and diligence concerns depending on the route they use for the same model.