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OpenRouter claims its new Fusion model matches Claude Fable 5 for half the price… so I’m testing it live.
In this stream I dig into OpenRouter’s Fusion. A compound setup that fires your prompt at a panel of models in parallel, then has a judge model weigh consensus, contradictions and blind spots before writing the final answer. Is it really Fable 5 level intelligence at half the cost, or clever marketing? I break down how it actually works, where it shines (deep research) and where it reportedly struggles (coding), then I start building my own self hosted version straight into the Tank dashboard my members get.
00:00 Introduction to OpenRouter Fusion
01:18 Live Testing Setup & Stream Chat
02:47 First Fusion Query: Vitamin Supplement Stack
04:44 Community Growth Update & Skool Platform
06:27 Analyzing OpenRouter Fusion Results (Agreement & Blind Spots)
09:47 Evaluating API Cost vs. Local Hardware Architecture
11:29 Introducing the Tank Framework Planning Stage
14:14 Mapping Local Integration Settings in the UI
18:50 Generating WordPress Layout Prompts via Fusion
22:45 Orchestrating the Local Fusion Backend Code
31:40 Running the Mockup Build Task with Claude Code
37:35 Selecting Local Models (Qwen, GPT-OSS, Gemma)
39:50 Evaluating the Fusion Mockup Output
43:00 Managing Model Sizes & Backend Compilation
48:30 Finalizing the local feature branch
57:04 Successful Deployment of the Feature
1:00:30 Configuring the Local Fusion Endpoint Settings
1:08:45 Local Fusion Test Run & Hardware Troubleshooting
1:16:53 Restoring the System & Lightweight Model Test
1:21:50 Comparing Local vs. Frontier Fusion Results & Costs
