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OpenRouter called itself the “Stripe for LLMs” — now Stripe’s swooped in to buy it

calendar_today August 20, 2026 person Paul Sawers domain the-new-stack

After weeks of speculation, fintech giant Stripe has confirmed that it’s tabled a bid for AI model gateway platform OpenRouter, The post OpenRouter called itself the “Stripe for LLMs” — now Stripe’s swooped in to buy it appeared first on The New Stack .

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