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OpenRouter Is Joining Stripe

https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/openrouter-is-joining-stripe/

38•rvz•40m ago

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sidcool•11m ago

Good for OpenRouter. They have a great DevEx. The $7 billion is tad high, but Stripe can afford it.

gavino•9m ago

Could someone explain why these routers are so valuable and pulling acquisitions in the billions?

atleastoptimal•8m ago

Distribution is a big moat and value-add.

dcchambers•7m ago

Tokens are just a type of currency. Stripe is a middleman for currency.

Using something like OpenRouter (or any of the AI Gateways) is better than tying yourself to one LLM provider that can rug pull on pricing or change models in a way you don't like.

The value is in the network effect I think. OpenRouter is popular and has a good head start over anything Stripe could build internally.

dgellow•3m ago

Tokens are not a currency, tokens aren’t fungible

sparkling•8m ago

Middleman company buying middleman company. Makes sense.

itsdesmond•6m ago

> Today, we are excited to announce that we are joining forces with Stripe, to power the next wave of GDP growth globally.

This is some high level meaningless corpo speak.

binary132•3m ago

Big line go up!

Taikhoom10•6m ago

The reason it makes sense is that Stripe can leverage its expensive stock, something more private companies should do- and it basically increases developer lock-in.

The vision is basically for Stripe to be the all-in-one platform to create a startup, from Atlas to Billing, to using models.

https://s-1.vercel.app/posts/what-stripe-can-become-broader-...

wxw•4m ago

> And as we grow, we will relentlessly aim to preserve the velocity, agility, efficiency, and talent density of the 90-person startup that we are today.

Echoes of WhatsApp. Huge congrats to the team!

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