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Stripe Confirms Acquisition of OpenRouter, Terms Undisclosed
OpenRouter routes requests across more than 400 models from over 80 providers and serves over 10 million developers and businesses, Stripe said.
- On Wednesday, fintech giant Stripe confirmed its acquisition of AI infrastructure startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, expanding into AI expense management.
- OpenRouter processes more than 10 trillion tokens daily for about 10 million developers, making it a critical gateway as companies impose governance layers to manage AI costs.
- "Stripe is building the economic infrastructure for AI," CEO Patrick Collison said, adding the acquisition helps businesses "maximize profitability by routing their requests intelligently."
- OpenRouter will operate independently under its current name and roadmap, with founders receiving $1.5 billion and investors securing the remaining $6 billion from the sale.
- Stripe enters a crowded AI routing market where competitors including Databricks and Ramp recently launched similar tools, intensifying competition in AI expense management.
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