@svpino: Huge if this works as promised! Replace "model='your-favorite-model'" with "model='ship-like/your-favorite-model'" in y…
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Martian announces Ship, an API endpoint that promises 50% cost reduction on frontier models like Opus and GPT with guaranteed same capabilities and behavior via smart routing.
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Huge if this works as promised!
Replace “model=‘your-favorite-model’” with “model=‘ship-like/your-favorite-model’” in your code.
You don’t need to change anything else and still get three guarantees:
- Pay 50% less money than connecting directly to the model
- Enjoy 100% the same capabilities
- Enjoy 100% the same behavior
Apparently, they do this using some sort of “smart routing” behind the scenes.
After getting a request, they can determine:
- How much compute to spend
- Which model (or combination of models) to use
- What tools, harnesses, ensembles, etc. to use
- Which execution method to use
I’m going to guess the tradeoff here would be extra latency when calling the model, but at 50% the cost, it looks like a no-brainer for most people.
Martian (@withmartian): Announcing Ship: an endpoint with the highest intelligence per dollar of any frontier model.
Today, Ship makes using Opus and GPT 5.6 Sol 50% cheaper guaranteed by a quality SLA.
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