Stripe Confirms Acquisition of OpenRouter
Stripe confirmed its acquisition of AI model gateway and routing platform OpenRouter on Wednesday. The financial terms were not disclosed, though Bloomberg previously reported the deal value may exceed $7 billion. OpenRouter is known for enabling developers to route queries across multiple large language models from providers like Anthropic, Cohere, and Google. Stripe did not provide further details about how it plans to integrate OpenRouter into its ecosystem or what strategic benefits this acquisition might bring. The deal highlights growing interest in AI infrastructure among major tech firms.
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