Morning Brief: Stripe Buys OpenRouter; Alibaba Sells Gaming Unit for AI Focus
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-08-18
The author summarizes sparse AI news from the morning:
- Stripe acquisition: Stripe has finalized the purchase of OpenRouter.
- Alibaba pivot: Alibaba sold its gaming division for $1.5 billion to focus on AI.
- Claude watermark backlash: Users hate Claude's watermarks, leading to the creation of repositories to remove them.
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