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Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+

Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, according to a new report in Bloomberg . OpenRouter helps customers select different AI models to perform different tasks, depending on their specific needs and budget.

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Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, according to a new report in Bloomberg . OpenRouter helps customers select different AI models to perform different tasks, depending on their specific needs and budget. The company announced in May that it had raised a $113 million Series B , at a reported $1.3 billion valuation. (Investors include Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, and Alphabet’s CapitalG.)

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