Stripe acquires AI model router OpenRouter just 3 years after founding

damianplayer · x · 2026-08-20

OpenRouter is being acquired by Stripe. While the price remains undisclosed, this marks one of the fastest acquisitions of this scale in history, happening almost exactly three years after OpenRouter's founding. A blog post details the founding story, OpenRouter's history, and why Stripe is the perfect acquirer.

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