Diagram of an AI gateway routing requests between apps and multiple LLM providers.

AI Gateways: The Missing Layer Between Your Apps and Every LLM Provider

AI gateways sit between applications and foundation model providers, unifying auth, routing, caching, and observability. This post breaks down the patterns, the production wins, and the open source options like LiteLLM and Portkey.

September 5, 2026 · 8 min · 1598 words · martinuke0
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