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OpenRouter: from Seed to Stripe — with OpenRouter’s Alex Atallah & AMP’s Anjney Midha.

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Stripe acquired OpenRouter for $7 billion.

Why it matters: OpenRouter was the best-known company routing users to different AI models, and the acquisition shows consolidation among model-access providers.

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“In 2023 most people doubted that there could be more than 1 or 2 frontier model labs. Now there are dozens.... and Stripe just bought the best known one for $7B.”
Latent Space, 25 Sept 2026, 23:14.

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