Stripe in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10B

2 comments

• IronWolve 48 minutes ago
  I've used openrouter, they work well, it was easy to use. Swipe wants to be used for agent payments, seems like a good match for them.
• otterley 1 hour ago
  Assuming this is true: But why? And how is this valuation justified?
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  • random3 52 minutes ago
    To ensure agents are paid through them and maintain market position https://stripe.com/blog/giving-agents-the-ability-to-pay
  • prtmnth 54 minutes ago
    See projects.dev by Stripe. My best hunch is - Stripe wants to get in on the infrastructure/rails layers being built for AI. They aren't sure what that is going to be exactly (nobody does). OpenRouter seems like a safe bet.
  • anukin 53 minutes ago
    Stripe controls parts of APIs for money movement across world. This is just a logical extension to that.