The problem:
Every time someone builds an AI-powered app or website, they hit the same crossroads. Either they bolt an LLM key into front-end code, risking leaks, surprise bills, and instant compliance red flags, or they stop progress to write a custom mini-backend that hides keys, authenticates users, meters usage, and logs every prompt. Every new project does this from scratch.
Let's build that layer once, open-source it so the whole ecosystem can stop duplicating effort. Install a tiny SDK, drop in the team's own OpenAI, Anthropic, or Cohere key, and call the model: the gateway stores secrets, authenticates each request, enforces per-user limits, records full audit logs, and lets developers switch providers without touching front-end code.
Stripe removed the need to build payment rails and Auth0 removed the need to build login flows. This removes the need to build AI plumbing.