Stripe is reportedly in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10 billion
KateClarkTweets · x · 2026-07-24
Stripe is reportedly in talks to acquire OpenRouter in a deal that could be worth around $10 billion.
- The report says the talks are ongoing and cites unnamed sources.
- If true, it would be one of the largest AI infrastructure/product deals so far.
- OpenRouter is widely used as a routing layer for model access, so the deal would be strategically important even beyond the headline valuation.
Related event: Stripe Reportedly in Talks to Acquire OpenRouter for $10B(19 posts)→
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