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Portkey Processes 2 Trillion Tokens Daily, Then Open-Sources Its AI Gateway

Two trillion tokens in a single day. That's Portkey's AI gateway in action, now open-sourced to free engineering teams from SaaS shackles.

Aisha Patel 📅 Apr 03, 2026 ⏱️ 4 min read 👁️ 0 views
Portkey AI Gateway dashboard displaying 2 trillion tokens processed daily with metrics on cost, latency, and agent governance

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Portkey's gateway processed 2T tokens/day across 24K orgs, managing $180M AI spend.
  • Open-sourcing core tech democratizes AI governance while Portkey sells premium layers.
  • Agentic AI via MCP demands gateways; Portkey's poised as the NGINX of AI infra.

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Aisha Patel
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Aisha Patel

Former ML engineer turned writer. Covers computer vision and robotics with a practitioner perspective.

#AI Gateway #AI agents #AI agents MCP #Portkey #Portkey AI Gateway #open source #open source AI #production AI

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