Stripe Buys A.I. Startup OpenRouter for $7.5B

Stripe, the payments company, has acquired OpenRouter, an A.I. startup, for $7.5 billion, according to a New York Times report. The acquisition marks Stripe's largest deal to date and signals its push into A.I. infrastructure. OpenRouter, which provides a unified interface for accessing multiple large language models, will operate as an independent unit within Stripe.

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/business/stripe-openrouter-ai.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385595 Points: 2 Comments: 1