Open source AI gateway turning traffic into a better model
Experiential is the open source, zero markup gateway for BYOK, self-hosted and 1000+ marketplace models. It learns from your traffic to cut costs, recommend better models, and train a specialized model you own.
We’re Kion and Silen, two AI researchers. Every time we wanted to try a new model, we had to create another account, manage another key, and track spend in another place.
We looked for an open source solution that combined model access, usage management, and a marketplace without adding another tax to every token. We couldn’t find one, so we built Experiential.
Experiential gives developers and companies one key for more than 1,000 models. You can use our marketplace, bring your own provider keys, or connect models running locally or in your cloud, all with zero token markup.
It's also more than just a gateway.
Every request shares one trace format, so the platform can catch cache misses and wasted tokens, recommend better models, identify work that should run asynchronously or in batches, and train specialized models that you own.
Since launching on Hacker News a week ago, more than 1000+ developers and 50+ companies have used Experiential to process over 10 billion tokens daily, and the repository has reached 880+ GitHub stars.
For the launch, GPT-6 Astra, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.8 27B, GPT-5.6 Luna, and Fable 5.1 on release are free through the end of the week 🎁
“Open source AI gateway turning traffic into a better model”
Experiential Labs launched on Product Hunt on September 5th, 2026 and earned 86 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #6 on the daily leaderboard. Experiential is the open source, zero markup gateway for BYOK, self-hosted and 1000+ marketplace models. It learns from your traffic to cut costs, recommend better models, and train a specialized model you own.
On the analytics side, Experiential Labs competes within Analytics, Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence and GitHub — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Experiential Labs performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Experiential Labs?
Experiential Labs was hunted by Garry Tan. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Experiential Labs including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Garry Tan
Hey Product Hunt 👋
We’re Kion and Silen, two AI researchers. Every time we wanted to try a new model, we had to create another account, manage another key, and track spend in another place.
We looked for an open source solution that combined model access, usage management, and a marketplace without adding another tax to every token. We couldn’t find one, so we built Experiential.
Experiential gives developers and companies one key for more than 1,000 models. You can use our marketplace, bring your own provider keys, or connect models running locally or in your cloud, all with zero token markup.
It's also more than just a gateway.
Every request shares one trace format, so the platform can catch cache misses and wasted tokens, recommend better models, identify work that should run asynchronously or in batches, and train specialized models that you own.
Since launching on Hacker News a week ago, more than 1000+ developers and 50+ companies have used Experiential to process over 10 billion tokens daily, and the repository has reached 880+ GitHub stars.
For the launch, GPT-6 Astra, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.8 27B, GPT-5.6 Luna, and Fable 5.1 on release are free through the end of the week 🎁
We’d love your feedback - experientiallabs.ai
And a star - github.com/experientiallabs/experiential