Model-Agnostic AI Wrapper
7/15The Opportunity
AI model release, directional trend. No specific bleeding neck. Model selector idea is a feature not a product. Cost war is good for builders (cheaper APIs) but not an opp itself.
Original Signal
“I built my app on GPT-4 and now OpenAI raised prices 40% and I'm locked in. Switching to Claude would take a full rewrite of my prompt logic.”
Score Breakdown
7/15How urgently people need this solved and how willing they are to pay for it. Based on complaint frequency and spending signals across platforms.
How open the market is. A high score means few or no direct competitors, or existing solutions are overpriced and underdeliver.
How quickly a solo developer can ship an MVP. 5 = weekend project with standard tools. 1 = months of infrastructure work.
Existing Solutions
LiteLLM is free and open source with a unified API but requires self-hosting and DevOps knowledge; OpenRouter provides a free unified API but is just routing — no retry logic, fallbacks, or cost optimization.
Willingness to Pay
Developers pay $20–$99/mo for middleware that reduces vendor lock-in; LiteLLM's hosted version and similar wrappers are priced at $49–$199/mo for managed tiers.
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