Stripe Acquires OpenRouter for $7.5 Billion

Payment giant Stripe has officially brought OpenRouter, the world's largest AI model API aggregation platform, into its business. The two companies will help enterprises explore new business models and improve token routing and usage. According to The New York Times, the deal is worth about $7.5 billion.

OpenRouter was founded in 2023 and is based in San Francisco. It works as an AI model gateway and routing platform. Developers can use one unified API, compatible with OpenAI, to call models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and other providers. The platform now offers over 400 AI models and serves more than 10 million developers and businesses.

Data shows OpenRouter processed about 790 trillion tokens in a single month, up 37% from the previous month, with about 76% coming from AI agent related calls. Stripe already offers AI billing products like Token Billing, and this deal will further expand its AI reach.