Stripe Agrees to Acquire OpenRouter for More Than $7 Billion

August 17, 2026

Stripe has agreed to acquire AI gateway OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, aiming to deepen its expansion from payments into AI infrastructure and model routing. OpenRouter operates a unified platform that lets developers access and route workloads across hundreds of AI models through a single interface, including billing and usage tracking.

Buyers
Stripe
Targets
OpenRouter
Transaction Type
Buyout

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