Meta Platforms’ internal incubator for AI-powered products and tools is developing a version of the OpenRouter service that would help cut costs by sending some AI tasks to lower-cost models.

The incubator, called AAI Labs, is part of Meta’s Applied AI Engineering team, which Meta set up in March and allows employees to pitch AI-powered products and services for internal use—and possibly later release them to the public. Once a proposal is approved, a small team is assembled to build and potentially launch it, according to internal documents reviewed by The Information.