Stripe Buys OpenRouter — Payments Infrastructure Becomes AI Infrastructure20 August 2026·1050 words·5 minsIndustry Analysis Fintech AI Infrastructure IndustryStripe agreed to acquire AI model router OpenRouter for roughly $7 billion, folding model routing into payments infrastructure.
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