Stripe is in exclusive negotiations to acquire OpenRouter, valued at approximately $10 billion.

TechFlow News, August 07, According to The Information, Stripe is in exclusive acquisition negotiations with AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter, with the transaction valued at approximately $10 billion. Sources familiar with the matter stated that OpenRouter has previously attracted acquisition interest from several major tech companies; currently, Stripe has entered the exclusive negotiation phase, but the deal has not been finalized yet, and terms may still be adjusted.

OpenRouter was founded in 2023, primarily providing developers with a unified interface to access large language models from multiple companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. If the deal goes through, this could mark a significant expansion for Stripe into AI developer infrastructure.