[Stripe Intends to Acquire AI Model Aggregation Platform OpenRouter, Deal Valued at Approximately $10 Billion] According to The Information, fintech company Stripe is in exclusive acquisition talks with AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter, with the deal valued at approximately $10 billion. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that OpenRouter had previously received acquisition interest from several major tech companies, but Stripe has now entered the exclusive negotiation phase. The deal has not yet been finalized, and specific terms are still subject to change. Founded in 2023, OpenRouter positions itself as an AI infrastructure platform that connects users with various large language models. It allows developers to call AI models from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google through a unified interface and select different models based on performance, price, and availability.