OpenRouter team launches o11: one API key for agents to pay for anything online
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-28
The OpenRouter team (ajaymisraaa), shared by Y Combinator, announced o11, positioned as "OpenRouter for the paid internet."
- Thesis: Agents will be the next trillion users, and they need to buy things online.
- Problem: Today that means managing thousands of accounts, API keys, and subscriptions per agent.
- Solution: o11 lets agents pay for anything with a single API key, unifying the identity/payment layer for autonomous agents on the open web.
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