It's true that simply tracking a surge in model numbers from 63 to 668 on OpenRouter doesn't tell us the full story of why those models appeared, but we can't ignore the volume entirely. Sometimes the sheer scale of change itself is a significant part of the narrative. Imagine a small local festival that suddenly expands from a few dozen stalls to hundreds, drawing crowds from across the region—the increased number of stalls is the visible arc of its transformation, even if we don't know the exact marketing budget yet.