Stripe acquires OpenRouter to build the economic infrastructure for AI
jeff_weinstein · x · 2026-11-11
Stripe announced that OpenRouter is officially joining Stripe. Together, they aim to build the economic infrastructure for AI, helping businesses explore new models and optimize token routing and usage.
jeffweinstein framed the deal: tokens, tools, currency, and capital are the raw inputs to every business, and increasingly interchangeable.
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