croft AI dev after being caught
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9/14/2026Interview with the croft AI dev after being caught just rerouting requests to openrouter
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| 00:00 - 00:05 | There are too many AI hosters, but they say it's too expensive |
| 00:05 - 00:07 | i know there is good money in there |
| 00:07 - 00:10 | just resell vast compute |
| 00:11 - 00:16 | i just throw vllm on a VM and launch a discord |
| 00:17 - 00:21 | i get too many users and just route requests to Openrouter |
| 00:21 - 00:24 | Just openrouter |
| 00:29 - 00:31 | Openrouter |
| 00:31 - 00:34 | And when asked about the prices i tell people it's a custom inference engine |
| 00:38 - 00:40 | It's openrouter |
| 00:41 - 00:47 | This goes on for months, people are hyped because of the low prices, thinking i cracked the code |
| 00:47 - 00:50 | Tell them a cover story about some kind of main business |
| 00:50 - 00:56 | Literally made up by ChatGPT while all their requests just go to OpenRouter |
| 00:58 - 00:59 | Of course OpenRouter figures it out |
| 00:59 - 01:01 | They don't let me on their plattform |
| 01:04 - 01:06 | And i just talk about too harsh requirements |
| 01:06 - 01:08 | While only using them myself |
| 01:13 - 01:14 | custom inference engine |
| 01:14 - 01:16 | Some weeks after i try the same with opencode |
| 01:16 - 01:20 | Of course they figure it out and say no too |
| 01:21 - 01:27 | But i just tell people it's because they don't trust small companies |
| 01:35 - 01:36 | But my custom inference engine |
| 01:36 - 01:39 | is of course still doing the hard work |
| 01:41 - 01:44 | But okay, i will just offer my own API |
| 01:44 - 01:47 | And tell people that i won't move to other plattforms |
| 01:47 - 01:49 | They can't handle the inference engine anyway |
| 01:50 - 01:53 | While reselling Openrouter credits |
| 01:54 - 01:56 | from my kids bedroom |
| 01:56 - 01:58 | they don't suspect a thing |
| 01:58 - 02:02 | thousands of users after half a year |
| 02:05 - 02:07 | custom inference engine |
| 02:10 - 02:11 | they are |
| 02:11 - 02:13 | they are believing it |
| 02:15 - 02:17 | Then after a while |
| 02:17 - 02:20 | his kendrell.dev publishes a blog accusing me of reselling |
| 02:21 - 02:28 | Figured out an exposed tool call as the smoking gun, unique to Deepseek v4 flash |
| 02:29 - 02:30 | And it's true? |
| 02:30 - 02:32 | Yes he's right |
| 02:36 - 02:39 | I don't even deny it and apologize |
| 02:40 - 02:42 | Not even trying |
| 02:50 - 02:55 | Tell a sobstory about being young and overwhelmed by the demand |
| 02:56 - 02:58 | And do you feel guilty about it? |
| 02:58 - 03:04 | Not at all, i will just continue after a week like nothing happend |
| 03:04 - 03:09 | i still have my custom inference engine |
| 03:09 - 03:11 | they really tried to figure it out for months |
| 03:16 - 03:20 | can't handle my custom inference engine |
| 03:23 - 03:26 | I solved the pricing problem |
| 03:31 - 03:36 | They really bought a kid creating a custom inference engine |