Google DeepMind paper: model auctions hit 99.2% of best routing
Bidding removes the need to know in advance which model handles each question, giving a self-selecting alternative to router systems that degrade badly on outlier prompts. Marketplace and orchestration platform builders can apply a pay-your-bid mechanism when their model pool contains several strong competitors per prompt type. The gap on worst-case clusters (96.0% versus 6.0%) suggests auctions also act as a safety net where fixed routing fails hardest.
