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Stripe negotiates to buy OpenRouter for around 10 billion dollars
Payment service Stripe is in negotiations to acquire AI model marketplace OpenRouter for an estimated around 10 billion dollars, according to Wall Street Journal. The acquisition would give Stripe a central position in the ecosystem for accessing various AI models.
WHY IT MATTERS
This would be one of the largest acquisitions of an AI infrastructure-based service so far, and signals that established fintech players are betting heavily on controlling the distribution of AI services. It reshapes the power dynamics in the AI ecosystem around model marketplaces.
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