Stripe is negotiating to acquire OpenRouter, a platform that routes developer requests to different AI models. Industry experts value the deal at approximately $10 billion. The acquisition would give Stripe direct access to AI model infrastructure and expand its payments ecosystem into AI services.
Runway launched Media Router, an automated system within Runway Dev that selects the optimal video, image, or audio model based on user preferences for cost, quality, and latency. The router filters models against user constraints (price caps, allowed providers) and scores remaining options, eliminating manual model selection previously required whenever new models launched or pricing changed. Teams can now set optimization preferences once and have the system automatically route requests to the best-performing model, reducing costs and latency overhead at scale without code updates.
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