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Stripe reportedly agrees to acquire AI model router startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion

Acquisition Provisional 78% confidence first seen

Two reports say Stripe has agreed to buy OpenRouter, an AI gateway/model-routing startup, for a price above $7 billion. The acquisition would bring OpenRouter’s model-selection and routing layer into Stripe so developers can switch among AI model providers without changing their code.

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The deal

OpenRouter $7.5 billion Acquisition · announced 17 Aug 2026

Investors Stripe

Deal terms as reported in the coverage below.

Source coverage

Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+ TechCrunch independent Stripe reportedly finalizes deal to buy AI model router OpenRouter for more than $7B SiliconANGLE independent

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