Stripe is in exclusive talks to acquire OpenRouter, with the deal valuing the company at approximately $10 billion.

BlockBeats News, August 7th. According to The Information, the financial technology company Stripe is in exclusive acquisition talks with the AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter, with the transaction valuing around $10 billion. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that OpenRouter had previously received acquisition interest from several large tech companies, but currently, Stripe has entered into exclusive negotiations. The specific terms of the deal have not been finalized yet and could still change.

Founded in 2023, OpenRouter is positioned as an AI infrastructure platform that connects users with various large language models. It allows developers to call AI models from multiple companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, through a unified interface and choose different models based on performance, price, and availability.

If the transaction goes through, it will become one of Stripe's significant moves in the AI field in recent years. Previously, Stripe has mainly focused on payment infrastructure, financial services, and enterprise software. Acquiring OpenRouter may further propel its expansion into the AI developer infrastructure space.