Stripe Agrees to Buy AI Model Router OpenRouter for $7.5 Billion

AI News October 19, 2026 02:00 AM

OpenRouter, founded in 2023 by former OpenSea CTO Alex Atallah, processes over 10 trillion tokens daily for 10 million developers; roughly $1.5 billion of the deal goes to its founders alone.

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