Stripe to acquire OpenRouter for $7.5 billion

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Payments company Stripe has reportedly agreed to acquire OpenRouter, a platform that routes traffic between AI models, in a deal valued at $7.5 billion. The information comes from a Startup Fortune report, which describes OpenRouter as a kind of traffic cop for AI model requests. The source material available here is limited to the headline and link, so details on deal terms, timing, and strategic rationale could not be independently confirmed. Discussion of the report on Hacker News drew modest attention at the time of sourcing.

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