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67.7 billion! The global model "Er-dealer" is about to sell himself
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Source: zhidx.com
Zhidongxi Author | Chen Junda Editor | Yunpeng Zhidongxi reported on July 24 that today, according to the Wall Street Journal, the American financial technology company Stripe is negotiating to acquire the top large model transfer station OpenRouter. At present, the specific price of the transaction is unclear, but some people familiar with the matter said that the transaction valuation may reach approximately 10 billion U.S. dollars (approximately RMB 67.755 billion). Several other large technology companies are also considering acquiring OpenRouter, the people added. A Stripe-OpenRouter deal could be announced soon, but talks could still break down and other suitors could emerge. OpenRouter was founded in 2023, co-founded by Alex Atallah and Louis Vichy, and is headquartered in San Francisco, USA. The company’s CEO Alex Atallah once founded OpenSea, the world’s largest NFT platform, and exited before the bubble burst, switching to the AI track. OpenRouter belongs to an emerging track in the field of AI infrastructure - large model transfer station, which is essentially a model router or model aggregation platform. ▲OpenRouter official website Specifically, the OpenRouter platform has access to more than 400 large language models, including closed source business models such as the GPT series of OpenAI and the Claude series of Anthropic, as well as open source models such as DeepSeek and Kimi. Developers and enterprises only need to use a set of API interfaces of OpenRouter to call, compare and switch AI models from different manufacturers at the same time, without having to interface with each manufacturer separately. The commercial value of this model lies in two points: First, it helps enterprises shop around and automatically select the most cost-effective model in different task scenarios; second, it provides failover capabilities. When a certain model service goes down or is limited, it automatically switches to a backup service to ensure business continuity. For small and medium-sized enterprises that do not want to be tied to a certain AI giant but do not have the ability to build their own model routing