Stripe Acquires OpenRouter for $7.5 Billion: Why Token Routing Is the New Payments Layer of AI
Posted on 24th Aug 2026 06:06:05 in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Tagged as: Stripe, OpenRouter, AI Infrastructure, LLM Marketplace, Token Routing
Stripe agrees to acquire OpenRouter - the 'Stripe for LLMs' - for a reported $7.5 billion, betting that AI tokens, not card payments, will be the next currency of commerce.