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Stripe acquires OpenRouter (amount undisclosed)

Stripe acquired OpenRouter (amount undisclosed)

Why it matters

Routing is established as an independent infrastructure category

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Officialopenrouter.aihttps://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/openrouter-is-joining-stripe/

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