Stripe Finalizes B+ Acquisition of AI Gateway OpenRouter
Stripe has finalized an agreement to acquire AI model routing startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, according to reports from Bloomberg and TechCrunch. The deal marks one of the largest acquisitions in the artificial intelligence infrastructure sector to date and signals Stripe's intention to control the payment, metering, and routing layers of foundational AI services. OpenRouter, founded in 2023 by Alex Atallah, operates an API gateway that aggregates access to hundreds of large langua
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