Kimi Accounts for 61% of Spending, DeepSeek for 29.8% of Requests: How to Read Open-Source Model Rankings (Plus a 5-Step Selection Checklist)
Author’s note: The same group of Chinese open-source models ranks in nearly reverse order on Menlo Ventures’ spending chart and OpenRouter’s request chart. This article breaks down what each chart measures and offers a practical five-step model selection process. In early November, two sets of data came out. A Menlo Ventures report showed that Kimi…