Anthropic overtook OpenAI in business AI spending for the first time, with Ramp's AI Index showing Anthropic at 43.5% of U.S. businesses on its platform paying for subscriptions or tokens in July 2026…
OpenAI posted 82% quarter-over-quarter enterprise growth in Q3 2026, surpassing Anthropic's 76%, according to Ramp token-spend tracking. The reversal was driven by OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, which scored 8…
Stripe has agreed to acquire OpenRouter, the unified interface for large language models launched in 2023, which has grown to support over 500 models and a 4.5+ quadrillion-token annual run rate. Menl…
Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures are poised to make nearly $2 billion combined from Stripe's potential acquisition of AI model marketplace OpenRouter for more than $8 billion, according to peopl…
Wispr raised $280 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation, bringing its total financing to $361 million as it expands beyond dictation into meeting notes and voice-enabled hardware. Menl…
Wispr Flow raised $280 million in a Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures, valuing the AI voice-to-text startup at $2 billion, with total funding reaching $361 million. The company said users h…
Wispr AI Inc. raised $280 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation, led by Menlo Ventures with participation from existing and new investors, bringing total funding to $361 million. The c…
Stripe Inc. has finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, a startup that lets developers switch between AI models, for more than $7 billion, a 5.4-fold premium over its $1.3 billion valuation from…
Higgsfield, an AI startup focused on marketing and media content generation, raised $400 million in a Series B round led by DST Capital, lifting its valuation to $5.4 billion, a fourfold increase from…
Wispr, an AI dictation startup, announced on Monday that it raised $280 million in Series B funding led by Menlo Ventures at a $2 billion valuation, bringing its total funding to $361 million. The com…
Wispr AI, the company behind the AI dictation tool Wispr Flow, is in talks with Menlo Ventures to raise approximately $260 million at a $2 billion valuation, nearly tripling its $700 million valuation…
Wispr, a dictation and voice AI startup cofounded by Tanay Kothari and Sahaj Garg, has raised a $280 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation, led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Notable C…
Stripe has finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, according to a Bloomberg report published August 16, 2026. The acquisition marks a 5.4x premium over OpenRouter's $1.3…
Payments giant Stripe has reportedly finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, a startup providing a unified API for over 400 AI models, for more than $7 billion, according to Bloomberg. The acquisition…
Higgsfield AI, the generative video platform founded by former Snap executive Alex Mashrabov, is in advanced talks to raise between $300 million and $500 million at a pre-money valuation of $5 billion…
Stripe Inc. has agreed to terms to acquire OpenRouter Inc., a developer of a single access point to more than 400 AI models, for over $7 billion, according to Bloomberg. OpenRouter, founded in 2023 by…
Stripe has finalized an agreement to acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, according to Bloomberg, marking Stripe's largest known bet on AI infrastructure. OpenRouter, which …
Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire AI model gateway startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, according to Bloomberg. OpenRouter, which raised a $113 million Series B at a $1.3 billion valuatio…
Venture capital investment in social media startups is rebounding in 2026, with PitchBook data showing more than 50 deals totaling $355 million as of July 21, already surpassing 2025's total of $330 m…
Lovable, the Stockholm-based AI software creation platform, announced a $400 million Series C funding round led by Menlo Ventures and the Scaleup Europe Fund, bringing its valuation to $13.3 billion. …