Leaked Stripe Letter Reveals OpenRouter Acquisition, Calls Agents 'Economic Actors'
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-21
A leaked Stripe investor letter details the company's acquisition of OpenRouter. The letter highlights OpenRouter's 9% weekly compound growth in token consumption YTD and asserts that AI Agents are on the verge of becoming independent economic actors. Stripe references January 1st as the start of the 'singularity' and discusses the potential for the global economy to scale to the quadrillion-dollar level.
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