diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2613929..2bdd205 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 Fast, small, and fully autonomous AI assistant infrastructure — deploy anywhere, swap anything.
 
 ```
-~3.4MB binary · <10ms startup · 1,017 tests · 22+ providers · 8 traits · Pluggable everything
+~3.4MB binary · <10ms startup · 1,017 tests · 23+ providers · 8 traits · Pluggable everything
 ```
 
 ### ✨ Features
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Every subsystem is a **trait** — swap implementations with a config change, ze
 
 | Subsystem | Trait | Ships with | Extend |
 |-----------|-------|------------|--------|
-| **AI Models** | `Provider` | 22+ providers (OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, Venice, Groq, Mistral, xAI, DeepSeek, Together, Fireworks, Perplexity, Cohere, Bedrock, etc.) | `custom:https://your-api.com` — any OpenAI-compatible API |
+| **AI Models** | `Provider` | 23+ providers (OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, Venice, Groq, Mistral, xAI, DeepSeek, Together, Fireworks, Perplexity, Cohere, Bedrock, Astrai, etc.) | `custom:https://your-api.com` — any OpenAI-compatible API |
 | **Channels** | `Channel` | CLI, Telegram, Discord, Slack, iMessage, Matrix, WhatsApp, Webhook | Any messaging API |
 | **Memory** | `Memory` | SQLite with hybrid search (FTS5 + vector cosine similarity), Lucid bridge (CLI sync + SQLite fallback), Markdown | Any persistence backend |
 | **Tools** | `Tool` | shell, file_read, file_write, memory_store, memory_recall, memory_forget, browser_open (Brave + allowlist), browser (agent-browser / rust-native), composio (optional) | Any capability |
diff --git a/src/providers/compatible.rs b/src/providers/compatible.rs
index e21d284..cdb0f0e 100644
--- a/src/providers/compatible.rs
+++ b/src/providers/compatible.rs
@@ -894,6 +894,7 @@ mod tests {
             make_provider("Groq", "https://api.groq.com/openai", None),
             make_provider("Mistral", "https://api.mistral.ai", None),
             make_provider("xAI", "https://api.x.ai", None),
+            make_provider("Astrai", "https://as-trai.com/v1", None),
         ];
 
         for p in providers {
diff --git a/src/providers/mod.rs b/src/providers/mod.rs
index 66e653b..07c427d 100644
--- a/src/providers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/providers/mod.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ fn resolve_provider_credential(name: &str, credential_override: Option<&str>) ->
         "opencode" | "opencode-zen" => vec!["OPENCODE_API_KEY"],
         "vercel" | "vercel-ai" => vec!["VERCEL_API_KEY"],
         "cloudflare" | "cloudflare-ai" => vec!["CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY"],
+        "astrai" => vec!["ASTRAI_API_KEY"],
         _ => vec![],
     };
 
@@ -313,6 +314,11 @@ pub fn create_provider_with_url(
             ),
         )),
 
+        // ── AI inference routers ─────────────────────────────
+        "astrai" => Ok(Box::new(OpenAiCompatibleProvider::new(
+            "Astrai", "https://as-trai.com/v1", key, AuthStyle::Bearer,
+        ))),
+
         // ── Bring Your Own Provider (custom URL) ───────────
         // Format: "custom:https://your-api.com" or "custom:http://localhost:1234"
         name if name.starts_with("custom:") => {
@@ -651,6 +657,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(create_provider("build.nvidia.com", Some("nvapi-test")).is_ok());
     }
 
+    // ── AI inference routers ─────────────────────────────────
+
+    #[test]
+    fn factory_astrai() {
+        assert!(create_provider("astrai", Some("sk-astrai-test")).is_ok());
+    }
+
     // ── Custom / BYOP provider ─────────────────────────────
 
     #[test]