GoKawiilStripe to acquire AI model-routing startup OpenRouter for $7.5 billion
Stripe has agreed to acquire OpenRouter, a startup whose API routes developer requests across more than 400 AI models, in a deal reported by The New York Times at $7.5 billion. Of that, $1.5 billion is allocated to OpenRouter's founders and the remainder to investors; neither company has confirmed the price publicly. OpenRouter, founded in 2023 by CEO Alex Atallah, says it processes over 10 trillion tokens daily for more than 10 million developers, with customers including Nvidia, Zoom, and Lovable.