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Stripe Acquires OpenRouter for $7B+

Stripe Acquires OpenRouter for $7B+

$7B+ deal for AI model router, 25T tokens/week, reshaping multi-model access. Stripe investor letter frames tokens as second currency; Razorpay launches Vulcan, India's first AI payments foundation model. Ox Alpha remains mysterious but gains credibility from Collison praise.

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Updated Aug 24, 2026