Odaily Planet Daily reports that fintech company Stripe is in exclusive acquisition talks with AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter, with a valuation of approximately $10 billion. If completed, the deal would become one of Stripe’s most significant moves in the AI sector in recent years. Previously focused on payment infrastructure, financial services, and enterprise software, Stripe’s acquisition of OpenRouter could further accelerate its expansion into AI developer infrastructure.
According to insiders, OpenRouter previously received acquisition interest from several major tech companies, but Stripe is now in exclusive negotiations. The deal has not been finalized, and specific terms may still change. Founded in 2023, OpenRouter is an AI infrastructure platform that connects users with multiple large language models, enabling developers to access AI models from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google through a unified interface, and select models based on performance, price, and availability. (The Information)