On August 20, local time on August 19, payment service provider Stripe announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire AI startup OpenRouter, with the terms of the deal undisclosed. Previous reports suggested that Stripe would acquire OpenRouter for over $7 billion, with The New York Times stating the deal price was approximately $7.5 billion, including $1.5 billion allocated to OpenRouter's founders. OpenRouter is an AI model gateway and routing platform that helps businesses route and optimize Token usage across multiple models.