# OpenRouter called itself the “Stripe for LLMs” — now Stripe’s swooped in to buy it

> Source: <https://thenewstack.io/stripe-acquires-openrouter-tokens/>
> Published: 2026-08-20 17:20:31+00:00

After weeks of speculation, fintech giant Stripe has confirmed that it’s tabled a bid for AI model gateway platform OpenRouter,

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