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Payments Firm Stripe Buys Marketplace OpenRouter

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Dublin and California-headquartered payments firm Stripe said it had agreed to buy OpenRouter, which helps businesses route and optimise token usage, its latest bet on the fast-growing AI industry.

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The figure is less than the $10 billion that emerged during negotiations in July, but more than five times the valuation reached in May. The existing integration between inference routing and billing clarifies the industrial logic behind the deal. The article "Stripe finalizes the acquisition of OpenRouter: deal worth over $7 billion" is an original content from 01net.

Stripe announced today that it has agreed to acquire OpenRouter, its largest acquisition to date. The deal is expected to close within weeks, and the price has not been disclosed. Reuters, citing a source familiar with the matter, reported that the transaction is valued at slightly over $8 billion. OpenRouter currently does not develop its own AI models; it acts as a conduit, allowing developers to use AI models from major vendors, including Ope…

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Slashdot broke the news in San Diego, United States on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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