# AI API latency, week of 10 August 2026: what actually moved

Published 2026-08-17 · covers 10 August 2026

Week of 10 August 2026: 4 different providers were fastest across the 4 regions we measure from, and 8 provider-region pairs moved by more than a quarter against the week before. Who led each region last week? Region Fastest p50 TTFB Uptime Asia (Tokyo) fireworks 17 ms 100% Europe (Germany) nscale 98 ms 100% South America (São Paulo) openrouter 57 ms 100% US (Central) google 43 ms 100% What changed by more than 25%? Provider Region Week before This week Change doubao Asia (Tokyo) 256 ms 517 ms +102% sensenova Asia (Tokyo) 297 ms 481 ms +62% replicate South America (São Paulo) 242 ms 375 ms +55% reka South America (São Paulo) 579 ms 270 ms -53% hyperbolic US (Central) 131 ms 173 ms +32% friendli Asia (Tokyo) 425 ms 296 ms -31% fireworks US (Central) 36 ms 46 ms +30% openai Europe (Germany) 294 ms 209 ms -29%

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