Stripe in talks to buy OpenRouter for ~10B

(wsj.com)

35 points | by htrp 2 hours ago

5 comments

  • chromatin 1 hour ago
    Extremely relevant:

    Ramp Router: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987253

  • Taikhoom2010 1 hour ago
    • evenhash 1 hour ago
      > it has clear platform dynamics. It is an aggregator of AI models, and once enterprises use it, that creates switching costs since all your AI expense is in one place: logs, budgets, etc, so switching would be painful and generally not make a lot of sense.

      Clearly what we need is a Router Router, to avoid router lock-in.

  • subarctic 1 hour ago
    Interesting. I guess it fits since Openrouter's main value is in consolidating payment to all these different model providers
  • zb3 31 minutes ago
    Does it mean openrouter can't sustain on its own? If so, bad news, new owner 'd surely want it to be profitable, so expect price hike.. :<
  • thomasingalls 1 hour ago
    Do they have to