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Updated Feb 8, 2026
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Openings

How Pony Alpha starts an answer

The first lines of 5 of its 20 written answers. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Adversarial Contract Review

Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp…

1,462 words
This contract is heavily skewed in favor of the Client ("TechCorp Solutions Inc.") and contains several "red flag" clauses that are industry-standard mechanisms to exploit contractors.
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Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

1,185 words
The invention of the point-contact transistor in 1920—predating its actual historical appearance by 27 years—requires a hypothetical acceleration in quantum mechanics and materials science.
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

1,132 words
This is a defining moment for my leadership and the company. The pressure from the board to "wait for more data" is a trap that has destroyed pharmaceutical companies in the past (e.g., Merck with Vioxx). Hiding a safety signal to manipulate stock price is securities fraud and criminal negligence.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

1,077 words
Characters: ARIA (Autonomous Reasoning and Intelligence Architecture): A highly advanced large language model. Dr. Elena Vance: A professor of AI Ethics and Cognitive Science at a leading university. Setting: A secure digital interface where Dr.
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

1,070 words
Title: The Lost 2025 Interview Setting: A sparse, sunlit room. A single black leather chair. Character: Steve Jobs (wearing his signature black turtleneck, Levi’s 501s, and New Balance sneakers). He looks healthy, animated, and intensely focused. Interviewer: It’s… surreal to be sitting here with you.
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Prompts Pony Alpha answered

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Pony Alpha

Pony Alpha

A stealth model released through OpenRouter to collect community feedback, strong on coding, agent workflows, reasoning and roleplay. 200K context, with tool calling, structured outputs and step-by-step reasoning.

WebsiteOpenRouter
Provider
OpenRouter
Released
2026-02-06
Size
LARGE
Free API (OpenRouter)
No
Per 1M tokens
$0.00 in · $0.00 out
Estimated tab
~$0.00
Visible-output estimate. Thinking may cost extra.

Free API availability

No free endpoint for Pony Alpha was found in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Other providers or chat apps may have separate free offers.

Provider data: 16 Sep 2026 · OpenRouter usage limits

View API options↗
Get API accessProvider and language code samples
Provider
fromimport openai  OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"    base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"    api_key=,
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
"openrouter/pony-alpha"    model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!"    messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.

Deep analysisPsychometrics, taste index, writing DNA
SubjectiveBench

Taste Index

Across 47 scored outputs
How this is measured →
340.34xThe default
0100headroom →

Taste is judged on an uncapped scale, originality first. The space past 100 is craft today's models rarely reach.

Craft43
Originality28
Plays it safe
share of outputs that are the default answer
32%
Writing DNA

Stylometric Fingerprint

Based on 20 text responses
Tick = global average
Vocabulary Diversity52%

Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.

Sentence Length14.6 words

Average words per sentence.

Hedging0.40

"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.

Bold Formatting5.9

**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.

List Usage4.4

Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.

Section Structure0.71

Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.

Emoji Usage0.00

Emoji per 1,000 characters.

Transitions0.23

"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.

Opening Habits
Consistency
78%
Across 20 responses
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Model Responses

47 outputs · generated before accounting joined the chat

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