The payments processor will pay more than $7 billion for the purchase, Bloomberg NewsreportedSunday (Aug. The report notes that the deal comes just months after OpenRouter raised money at a reported $1. The deal could also give Stripe a stronger presence in the AI space, the Bloomberg report added. News that Stripe wanted to acquire OpenRouter broke last month, though initial reporters placed the company’s offer ataround $10 billion. Founded in 2023, OpenRouter “does not build AI models” but rather “decides which one should answer each request,” PYMNTS wrote in July.