--- title: Stripe in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10bn description: Stripe is in preliminary talks to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model marketplace, for approximately $10 billion — nearly eight times its $1.3 billion valuation... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stripe-in-talks-to-buy-openrouter-for-about-10bn-jocpqjpr3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stripe in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10bn | daily.dev og:description: Stripe is in preliminary talks to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model marketplace, for approximately $10 billion — nearly eight times its $1.3 billion valuation... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stripe-in-talks-to-buy-openrouter-for-about-10bn-jocpqjpr3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JOcpqjpr3.png og:image:alt: Stripe in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10bn og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stripe in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10bn **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Stripe is in preliminary talks to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model marketplace, for approximately $10 billion — nearly eight times its $1.3 billion valuation from May 2025. OpenRouter lets developers access over 400 large language models from 70+ providers through a single interface, routing requests to the cheapest or best option. Stripe's interest is strategic: controlling how companies buy and route AI spending as it expands beyond payments into AI infrastructure. Databricks and other big tech firms have also reportedly shown interest. The deal is not finalized and could still fall through or attract rival bidders. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#business](https://daily.dev/tags/business), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#stripe](https://daily.dev/tags/stripe) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/stripe-in-talks-to-buy-openrouter-for-about-10bn-jocpqjpr3) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Stripe in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10bn","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/stripe-in-talks-to-buy-openrouter-for-about-10bn-jocpqjpr3","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/stripe-in-talks-to-buy-openrouter-for-about-10bn-jocpqjpr3"},"datePublished":"2026-07-24T17:49:01.715Z","dateModified":"2026-07-25T05:51:28.460Z","description":"Stripe is in preliminary talks to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model marketplace, for approximately $10 billion — nearly eight times its $1.3 billion valuation...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/13368e97cc72b9a771d30eb2cd8ca35c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/13368e97cc72b9a771d30eb2cd8ca35c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/stripe-in-talks-to-buy-openrouter-for-about-10bn-jocpqjpr3","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"business,llm,stripe","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Stripe in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10bn"}]} ```