Stripe Reportedly Acquires AI Model Router OpenRouter for Over $7 Billion
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-09-05
Per a French AI recap thread, payments giant Stripe has officially announced the acquisition of AI model routing platform OpenRouter for over $7 billion. OpenRouter serves as a unified gateway for developers to call multiple LLMs, and the deal signals deep integration between AI inference routing and payments infrastructure. Third-party sourcing; await official confirmation.
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