Stripe will pay more than $7 billion to buy AI router OpenRouter

AI News October 17, 2026 09:01 PM

Stripe's deal lifts OpenRouter from a $1.3 billion valuation set in May to more than $7 billion in August, with Axios sources pricing it above $8 billion, mostly in stock, and NVIDIA and Zoom named as clients.

Stripe will pay more than $7 billion to buy AI router OpenRouter

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