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Stripe acquisition of OpenRouter
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 19
AUG 19 · Day 1
Stripe to acquire OpenRouter as fintech expands into AI
Stripe acquired stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion last year.
Less than three months before the acquisition announcement, OpenRouter raised $113 million at a valuation of about $1.3 billion.
Many open-weight AI models popular with developers stem from Chinese labs like DeepSeek and Z.ai.
“a healthy AI ecosystem where many models thrive, where AI neurodiversity is a strength, where a lab or an inference provider with a breakthrough can reach millions of developers, and where no single model becomes the default by inertia.”
OPENROUTER
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AUG 19 · Day 1
Stripe to acquire OpenRouter
The New York Times, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported the price is about $7.5 billion, with $1.5 billion allocated to OpenRouter's founders
Stripe announced plans to acquire OpenRouter
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
“a healthy AI ecosystem where many models thrive, where AI neurodiversity is a strength, where a lab or an inference provider with a breakthrough can reach millions of developers, and where no single model becomes the default by inertia.”
OPENROUTER
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