Report: Stripe to Acquire OpenRouter for $7B
njyx · x · 2026-08-23
Stripe reportedly acquiring OpenRouter for $7B
Stripe is rumored to acquire LLM inference API and marketplace OpenRouter. The deal makes strategic sense: OpenRouter creates a network between compute providers and consumers, potentially allowing agents built on it to access payments natively via Stripe.
Anthropic hits $65B ARR
Anthropic told investors its annualized revenue run rate climbed to $65 billion in July (approx. $5.5B/month), maintaining super-growth.
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- US Government datasets are disappearing.
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