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Aug 21, 20264 min read

Stripe Paid $7.5B for OpenRouter. It's Not About the Singularity, It's About Owning Your AI Spend

Stripe's real reason for buying OpenRouter for a reported $7.5 billion isn't a philosophical bet on AI merging with humanity, it's a bet on owning the layer where developers see, route, and pay for every token they use.

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