Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter

How can a middle man for api calls be worth so much? Their market share can’t be very large right? For comparison, $7B is more than market cap of Lyft, Dolby, and Alaska Airlines. What is happening?

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I still find it hilarious that AI is so bad you need something to sit in front of it to pick models for you. And that's a normal, accepted thing.

> Earlier this year, Atallah described OpenRouter as the AI equivalent of Stripe.

Not sure I understand how this is strategically aligned for Stripe but certainly an interesting comparison.

This is even before them acquiring PayPal. If Stripe bought PayPal in 2022, it would be immediately blocked. Not this time.

One of the only near monopolies that is seemingly allowed and it is even praised.

But who cares. Nothing to see here (as long as AGI is coming it doesn't matter anyway).

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