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Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’ - TechCrunch
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models? Stripe says it's because of "the singularity" but it's really for a far more real and powerful reason.
Stripe confirmed on Wednesday that it was buying OpenRouter. While the company didn’t disclose the deal price, sources told the New York Times that it paid $7.5 billion. That’s a huge step up from O…
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