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Stripe completed the acquisition of OpenRouter, with the transaction valuation reportedly reaching US$7.5 billion. Stripe announced that it had completed the acquisition of the AI model routing platform OpenRouter. Although the two parties did not disclose the transaction amount, the New York Times quoted sources as saying that Stripe paid approximately US$7.5 billion for the transaction, which is much higher than Op
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Stripe completed the acquisition of OpenRouter, with the transaction valuation reportedly reaching US$7.5 billion. Stripe announced that it had completed the acquisition of the AI model routing platform OpenRouter. Although the two parties did not disclose the transaction amount, the New York Times quoted sources as saying that Stripe paid approximately US$7.5 billion for the transaction, which is much higher than OpenRouter's US$1.3 billion valuation in May this year. According to reports, the founders of OpenRouter are expected to receive approximately US$1.5 billion in proceeds from this acquisition, while investors will receive approximately US$6 billion in return. Stripe beat out several potential competitors, including Databricks, to complete the deal. After the acquisition is completed, OpenRouter is expected to continue to operate independently, and its products, mission and existing service commitments will not change. OpenRouter was established during the rapid growth stage of AI model applications. It mainly helps developers to call and route management between different large models, reducing the cost and complexity of model use. Stripe said that OpenRouter is highly complementary to its developer ecosystem. In the future, this technology can not only be used for internal AI applications, but also help promote the development of model-independent intelligent agent products. Stripe founders Patrick Collison and John Collison stated in a letter to investors that artificial intelligence is driving the formation of new economic forms, calling this stage the beginning of the "singularity." Stripe pointed out that as the number of AI companies grows and AI applications become more popular, more and more companies are beginning to use its payment and financial infrastructure. Currently, about 88% of the Forbes AI 50 companies use Stripe products, including companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic. The industry believes that this acquisition means that Stripe is further expanding from the traditional payment business into the field of AI cost management and infrastructure. In the past, Stripe's large-scale acquisitions mainly focused on payment and fund management, and OpenRouter will help it enter new markets such as AI model calling fees and Token cost management. As enterprises' demand for AI model calls grows rapidly, AI gateways and expense management are becoming new competitive directions. Companies including Databricks, Rippling, Ramp and other companies are also developing related products. Through the acquisition of OpenRouter, Stripe is expected to gain a deeper understanding of developers' AI usage behavior and enhance its influence in the AI supply chain, model service providers and cloud computing ecosystem. via AI News (author: AI Base)