Two $7B acquisitions rumored this week: Stripe buys OpenRouter, Anthropic buys Decart
himanshustwts · x · 2026-08-17
Two acquisitions rumored this week valued at over $7 billion each, with estimated VC returns:
- Stripe acquires OpenRouter: a16z (25-45x return), Menlo (9–11.7x return).
- Anthropic acquires Decart: Sequoia (11-14x return), Benchmark (5-7x return).
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