# AI API latency, week of 24 August 2026: what actually moved

Published 2026-08-31 · covers 24 August 2026

Week of 24 August 2026: 4 different providers were fastest across the 4 regions we measure from, and 9 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 16 ms 100% Europe (Germany) nscale 98 ms 100% South America (São Paulo) openrouter 58 ms 100% US (Central) google 46 ms 100% What changed by more than 25%? Provider Region Week before This week Change reka Europe (Germany) 102 ms 201 ms +97% glm Asia (Tokyo) 290 ms 88 ms -70% glm Europe (Germany) 596 ms 200 ms -66% replicate South America (São Paulo) 186 ms 308 ms +65% reka South America (São Paulo) 369 ms 203 ms -45% inference-net Europe (Germany) 199 ms 111 ms -44% inference-net US (Central) 187 ms 124 ms -34% hyperbolic US (Central) 140 ms 180 ms +28% glm US (Central) 374 ms 268 ms -28%

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